FACTBOX-Job cuts announced in Britain since March

Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:52am EDT
 
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 July 15 (Reuters) - British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land
Rover will cut 300 jobs from its Halewood plant in the north of
England and stop production of its X-Type model due to the
downturn in the auto industry.
 Following are details of major job cuts announced in Britain
since March:
 * Indicates global job losses where many or most cuts will
be overseas
COMPANY                   SECTOR         NUMBERS         DATE 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 Meggitt  (MGGT.L)         Aerospace  up to 750*        March 3
 ITV  (ITV.L)              Media          1,600         March 4
 IMI (IMI.L)               Engineering    1,500*        March 4
 Principles unlisted       Retail   up to 2,000         March 7
 Home Retail Group (HOME.L)Retail           300         March 12
 Daily Mail (DMGOa.L)      Media          1,000         March 23
 Go-Ahead (GOG.L)          Transport        800         March 25
 Man Group (EMG.L)         Hedge fund       270         March 26
 BHP Billiton Ltd
 (BHP.AX)(BLT.L)        Mining           400*        March 26
 Brawn GP unlisted         Formula One      270         March 29
 Man Group (EMG.L)         Hedge Funds      270         March 26
 Jarvis Plc (JRVS.L)       Rail services    450         March 31
 Homeserve  (HSV.L)        Insurance        250         March 31
 BP (BP.L)                 Energy           620*        April 1
 Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO)  Train/aircraft   975         April 2
 Aviva Plc (AV.L)          Life insurer   1,100         April 2
 RBS       (RBS.L)         Banking        2,700         April 3
 Electrocomponents (ECM.L) Electricals      470         April 3
 Hampson  (HAMP.L)         Aerospace        150         April 3
 RBS (RBS.L)               Banking       11,700*        April 7
 Helphire Group Plc
 (HHR.L)       Accident claim handler    310         April 9
 Toledo Mining Corporation 
 Plc (TMC.L)            Mining          600*         April 14
 HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L)    Banking        2,900         April 21
 Lavendon Group Plc (LVD.L) Rental          225         April 23
 Cattles  (CTT.L)          Lender         1,130         April 28
 Elementis Plc (ELM.L)     Chemicals        138         April 29
 Charter International
 Plc (CHTR.L)           Engineer       1,200         April 29
 Logica Plc (LOG.L)        IT               300*        April 30
 BAE Systems PLC (BAES.L)  Defence          500         April 30
 Cadogan Petroleum
  Plc (CADP.L)          Oil and gas      126         April 30
 Wincanton (WIN.L)         Supply chain     283         April 30
 Sage Group PLC (SGE.L)    Software         700         May    6
 Firstgroup PLC (FGP.L)    Transport      3,500         May   13
 Cookson Group Plc (CKSN.L) Industrial    3,200*        May   14
                         materials
 BT Group (BT.L)           Telecoms      25,000         May   14
 John Menzies Plc (MNZS.L) Distribution & 
                        Aviation         400         May   14
 White Young Green Plc (WHY.L) Consultancy  324         May   18
 QinetiQ Group (QQ.L)      Defence          400         May   21
 AXA Insurance (AXAF.PA)   Insurer          560         June  11
 Corus (TISC.BO)           Steel maker    1,922         June  25
 Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L)Banking     5,370*        June  30
 Diageo Plc (DGE.L)        Spirits          500         July   1
 Penguin Books (PSON.L)    Publisher        100         July   7
 Jaguar Land Rover(TAMO.BO) Auto            300         July  15
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
  TOTAL                                  80,833 
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 NOTES: For companies that have had more than one round of job
cuts, numbers are shown against the date of the most recent
announcement and, where available, show the total number to
date.
 (Compiled by UK equities team; additional writing and
editing by Jijo Jacob, David Cutler and Carl Bagh)


 

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