NOTE: This page is no longer being updated. Last entry 29 April 2010
On this page you will find the Personnel Today redundancy tracker which gives an idea as to how many redundancies there have been across the UK jobs market during the recession.
This page lists major firms that have made employees redundant or gone into administration, resulting in confirmed UK job losses. The figures are based on stories reported on Personneltoday.com and by national media since September 2008.
To help us keep this tracker as up to date as possible, please send us details of any redundancies affecting UK employees that we might have missed by email to: [email protected]
Total employees made redundant since September 2008: 233,918
The map below plots many of the major job cuts, where the location is specific.
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The following table shows major UK redundancy announcements, with the most recent first. Click on the company name for more detail on the reported redundancies.
| Company | Reported | Job cuts |
| Quinn Insurance | 29 April | 800 |
| Jarvis | 31 March | 1,100 |
| London Underground | 11 March | 800 |
| Portsmouth FC | 10 March | 85 |
| Vodafone | 8 March | 375 |
| University of Sussex | 5 March | 115 |
| Cadbury | 4 March | 150 |
| Capita | 3 March | 300 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 3 March | 370 |
| Provident Financial | 3 March | 180 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 March | 1,200 |
| Shropshire Council | 1 March | 1,300 |
| Bridgewater Paper Company | 13 February | 251 |
| Devon & Cornwall Police | 12 February | 180 |
| Seven Trent Water | 12 February | 250 |
| BAE | 11 February | 230 |
| Siemens | 11 February | 155 |
| Welsh Water | 10 February | 300 |
| Birmingham City Council | 10 February | 2,000 |
| Ethel Austin | 10 February | 469 |
| BMW Mini | 9 February | 100 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 9 February | 380 |
| Vauxhall | 9 February | 510 |
| Cadbury | 9 February | 400 |
| Helphire | 3 February | 300 |
| Shop Direct | 28 January | 1,500 |
| Toyota | 28 January | 750 |
| Babcock | 28 January | 150 |
| Hughes Christensen | 28 January | 210 |
| Skipton Building Society | 27 January | 90 |
| Kilwuddie | 21 January | 125 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 21 January | 585 |
| JJ & HB Cashmere | 20 January | 132 |
| E.ON | 20 January | 800 |
| Siemens | 20 January | 155 |
| Alcoa Howmet | 18 January | 95 |
| Birmingham City Council | 18 January | 1,291 |
| Bosch | 15 January | 900 |
| Orange | 14 January | 300 |
| Edwards | 13 January | 200 |
| Welsh Country Foods | 12 January | 200 |
| RFL Group | 8 January | 80 |
| Leicestershire County Council | 5 January | 650 |
| Borders | 21 December | 1,150 |
| Globespan | 17 December | 800 |
| Aberdeen City Council | 16 December | 447 |
| Corus | 4 December | 1,700 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 1 December | 535 |
| First Quench | 30 November | 2,140 |
| Vauxhall | 26 November | 354 |
| BAE Systems | 26 November | 642 |
| BMI | 25 November | 600 |
| Threshers | 20 November | 1,908 |
| Ladbrokes | 19 November | 263 |
| Ericsson | 11 November | 700 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 10 November | 5,000 |
| HSBC | 3 November | 1,700 |
| RBS | 2 November | 3,700 |
| First Quench | 30 October | 81 |
| BAE Systems | 29 October | 90 |
| Passport Service | 26 October | 44 |
| Land Registry | 22 October | 1,100 |
| GKN | 15 October | 135 |
| BAE Systems | 14 October | 60 |
| Brent Council | 5 October | 300 |
| Wine Cellar | 2 October | 320 |
| Dams International | 1 October | 245 |
| Iggesund Paperboard | 30 Sept | 100 |
| Shore to Shore | 30 Sept | 60 |
| Blacks Leisure | 30 Sept | 50 |
| Harman International | 28 Sept | 216 |
| Derby City Council | 16 Sept | 465 |
| BAE Systems | 15 Sept | 1,116 |
| The Cooper Tire & Rubber Company | 14 Sept | 180 |
| Pontin’s | 10 Sept | 70 |
| HSBC | 9 Sept | 49 |
| Bausch & Lomb | 5 Sept | 500 |
| Halcrow | 3 Sept | 269 |
| Messier-Dowty | 3 Sept | 55 |
| Kwoks | 1 Sept | 180 |
| Network Rail | 28 Aug | 1,800 |
| Fujitsu Services | 27 Aug | 1,200 |
| Spectris | 25 Aug | 300 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 25 Aug | 200 |
| Artenius UK | 14 Aug | 58 |
| Virgin Media | 14 Aug | 250 |
| Allied Carpets | 14 Aug | 850 |
| Ulster Bank | 7 Aug | 250 |
| Exide | 6 Aug | 400 |
| Bernard Matthews | 6 Aug | 44 |
| 2 Sisters Food Group | 5 Aug | 50 |
| Trak Group | 5 Aug | 45 |
| Whyte & Mackay | 4 Aug | 85 |
| Dean & Dyball | 2 Aug | 30 |
| Cambridge Law Centre | 2 Aug | 40 |
| Artenius UK | 27 July | 137 |
| Standard Life Healthcare | 24 July | 60 |
| MBMG Produce | 23 July | 84 |
| Intel | 22 July | 294 |
| West Lancashire Council | 17 July | 57 |
| Teletext | 17 July | 70 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 16 July | 1,200 |
| Jaguar Land Rover | 15 July | 300 |
| Canterbury Europe | 13 July | 72 |
| Corus | 9 July | 366 |
| Coffee Republic | 9 July | 66 |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 2 July | 500 |
| Virgin Atlantic | 2 July | 600 |
| Diageo | 1 July | 900 |
| Gala Coral | 30 June | 280 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 30 June | 2,113 |
| Corus | 25 June | 2,045 |
| Birthdays | 25 June | 750 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 24 June | 270 |
| Setanta | 23 June | 200 |
| Barclays | 23 June | 188 |
| Yorkshire Bank | 19 June | 130 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | 15 June | 200 |
| Nottingham City Council | 12 June | 450 |
| Axa | 11 June | 560 |
| British Council | 11 June | 500 |
| Cheltenham & Gloucester | 9 June | 1,660 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 9 June | 50 |
| LDV | 9 June | 850 |
| British Airways | 9 June | 2,000 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 4 June | 530 |
| Newcastle United | 30 May | 120 |
| Hewlett-Packard | 28 May | 700 |
| Northern Foods | 27 May | 349 |
| Grattan | 27 May | 160 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 21 May | 210 |
| Qinetiq | 21 May | 400 |
| Bay Trading | 19 May | 1,230 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 19 May | 625 |
| Alliance Boots | 19 May | 200 |
| White Young Green | 18 May | 324 |
| Kesa Electricals | 14 May | 120 |
| John Menzies | 14 May | 400 |
| Cookson | 14 May | 600 |
| BT | 14 May | 15,000 |
| Legal & General | 12 May | 560 |
| Pilkington’s | 8 May | 76 |
| Lyreco | 7 May | 60 |
| Sage | 6 May | 200 |
| Wolseley | 1 May | 269 |
| Carphone Warehouse | 30 April | 95 |
| Wincanton | 30 April | 283 |
| BAE Systems | 30 April | 500 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 29 April | 305 |
| Vestas | 29 April | 600 |
| Toshiba | 24 April | 270 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | 24 April | 985 |
| Freedomdirect | 17 April | 108 |
| Aveva | 17 April | 80 |
| Roger Bullivant | 16 April | 95 |
| Siemens | 14 April | 45 |
| RSA | 9 April | 1,200 |
| Tulip | 8 April | 300 |
| Michael Page | 8 April | 809 |
| RBS | 7 April | 4,500 |
| BA | 3 April | 300 |
| Filtrona Filters | 2 April | 233 |
| AVX | 2 April | 130 |
| Aviva | 2 April | 1,100 |
| EDC | 1 April | 260 |
| Jarvis | 1 April | 450 |
| Co-op | 1 April | 140 |
| Visteon UK | 31 March | 565 |
| Nortel | 31 March | 228 |
| O2 | 30 March | 160 |
| Brawn GP | 29 March | 270 |
| Legal & General | 26 March | 200 |
| Rileys | 25 March | 200 |
| HSBC | 25 March | 1,200 |
| Northcliffe Media | 23 March | 1,000 |
| Casper Group | 19 March | 320 |
| JJB Sports | 18 March | 121 |
| 1car1 | 18 March | 200 |
| Carringworth | 17 March | 100 |
| NCR | 12 March | 252 |
| Wrekin Construction Group | 12 March | 400 |
| Independent News & Media | 12 March | 90 |
| MEN Media | 12 March | 150 |
| The AA | 12 March | 25 |
| Renishaw | 12 March | 316 |
| Tesco | 11 March | 150 |
| Northcliffe Media | 9 March | 95 |
| Principles | 7 March | 110 |
| Channel Five | 5 March | 87 |
| Central Trust | 4 March | 180 |
| IMI | 4 March | 250 |
| ITV | 4 March | 600 |
| Indesit | 3 March | 305 |
| Senior | 2 March | 500 |
| Body Shop | 27 February | 150 |
| GKN | 26 February | 2,400 |
| BBA | 26 February | 350 |
| Legal & General | 26 February | 450 |
| RSA | 26 February | 1,200 |
| Bodycote | 25 February | 1,300 |
| Wrightbus | 24 February | 235 |
| Vodafone | 24 February | 500 |
| JJB Sports | 20 February | 438 |
| Allen & Overy | 20 February | 450 |
| Stylo | 19 February | 2,500 |
| Zavvi | 19 February | 450 |
| Leeds City Council | 16 February | 650 |
| Inverurie Paper Mill | 16 February | 350 |
| JCB | 16 February | 97 |
| BMW Mini | 16 February | 850 |
| Hyder | 13 February | 200 |
| Skills Development Scotland | 12 February | 160 |
| Pioneer | 12 February | 220 |
| Castings | 12 February | 350 |
| Sitel | 12 February | 500 |
| Atkins | 12 February | 800 |
| Makro | 11 Febraury | 378 |
| RBS | 11 February | 2,300 |
| Lovells | 10 February | 94 |
| DLA Piper | 10 February | 140 |
| Zavvi | 5 February | 242 |
| Bombardier | 5 February | 300 |
| South West Trains | 4 February | 180 |
| Scapa Group | 1 February | 140 |
| Perkins Engines | 1 February | 450 |
| Rolls-Royce | 30 January | 220 |
| Serious Foods | 30 January | 127 |
| London Underground | 30 January | 1,000 |
| Linklaters | 30 January | 270 |
| Plymouth City Council | 29 January | 200 |
| Cookson | 29 January | 180 |
| Zavvi | 29 January | 295 |
| E.ON | 29 January | 450 |
| Shop Direct | 28 January | 1,150 |
| Thames Water | 28 January | 300 |
| Perkins | 28 January | 450 |
| GKN | 28 January | 564 |
| Five | 27 January | 90 |
| Powerscreen | 27 January | 160 |
| Land of Leather | 26 January | 95 |
| Adams | 26 January | 267 |
| Fortnum & Mason | 26 January | 55 |
| Ulster Bank Group | 26 January | 200 |
| Corus | 26 January | 2,500 |
| Hampshire Police | 25 January | 200 |
| Atkins | 23 January | 260 |
| London Metropolitan University | 22 January | 330 |
| Home Delivery Network | 22 January | 680 |
| Microsoft | 22 January | 60 |
| Real Hotel Company | 22 January | 150 |
| Reebok | 22 January | 160 |
| Cambridge University Press | 22 January | 160 |
| Hammonds Support Systems | 21 January | 200 |
| Sainsbury’s | 21 January | 300 |
| TT Electronics | 21 January | 100 |
| Isle of Wight Council | 20 January | 205 |
| Burberry | 20 January | 290 |
| Vion | 20 January | 820 |
| Empire Direct | 19 January | 158 |
| Christies | 19 January | 200 |
| South West Trains | 15 January | 480 |
| Grattan | 15 January | 1,000 |
| Various Local Councils | 14 January | 2,444 |
| Arup | 14 January | 400 |
| Barclays | 14 January | 2,100 |
| Jaguar Land Rover | 14 January | 450 |
| Punch Taverns | 14 January | 100 |
| Pfizer | 14 January | 240 |
| SIG | 14 January | 720 |
| Bernard Matthews | 14 January | 130 |
| Zavvi | 14 January | 353 |
| Barclays | 13 January | 500 |
| Bank of America / Merrill Lynch | 13 January | 1,900 |
| Buckinghamshire County Council | 13 January | 400 |
| Financial Times | 13 January | 80 |
| JCB | 12 January | 684 |
| Argos | 12 January | 210 |
| Cushman & Wakefield | 12 January | 80 |
| Waterford Wedgwood | 12 January | 367 |
| Waterstones | 12 January | 200 |
| Celebrations | 11 January | 1,400 |
| Southeastern Trains | 9 January | 300 |
| Newcastle Building Society | 9 January | 150 |
| Bovis Homes | 9 January | 200 |
| Nissan | 8 January | 1,200 |
| FG Wilson | 8 January | 250 |
| Zavvi | 8 January | 178 |
| Hays | 8 January | 350 |
| Barclays | 7 January | 400 |
| Cattles | 7 January | 1,000 |
| Passion for Perfume | 6 January | 185 |
| Marks & Spencer | 6 January | 1,230 |
| Woolworths | 6 January | 27,000 |
| Adams | 5 January | 850 |
| The Officers Club | 23 December | 280 |
| National Express | 17 December | 750 |
| WSP | 16 December | 120 |
| Santander | 12 December | 1,900 |
| Entertainment UK | 12 December | 700 |
| Peterborough City Council | 8 December | 400 |
| Experian | 8 December | 300 |
| Nomura | 4 December | 1,000 |
| Credit Suisse | 4 December | 650 |
| Pinnacle Entertainment | 3 December | 94 |
| JA Magson | 3 December | 200 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 3 December | 200 |
| Bowie Castlebank Group | 3 December | 817 |
| Halfords | 2 December | 250 |
| Aston Martin | 1 December | 600 |
| HSBC | 1 December | 500 |
| The Independent | 28 November | 90 |
| British Polythene | 25 November | 165 |
| MFI | 27 November | 260 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 November | 250 |
| BAE Systems | 20 November | 200 |
| Avis | 18 November | 100 |
| Wolseley | 18 November | 2,000 |
| LDV | 13 November | 95 |
| BT | 13 November | 10,000 |
| Virgin Media | 12 November | 2,200 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 11 November | 620 |
| Yell | 11 November | 300 |
| Taylor Wimpey | 11 November | 1,000 |
| Carlsberg | 5 November | 170 |
| HP | 22 October | 3,400 |
| British Airways | 13 October | 450 |
| LSUK | 6 October | 600 |
| Autologic | 6 October | 200 |
| Accenture | 6 October | 400 |
| Aer Lingus | 6 October | 1,500 |
| Lehman Brothers | 30 September | 750 |
| ITV | 30 September | 430 |
| Bradford & Bingley | 25 September | 370 |
| XL | 12 September | 1,700 |
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