Redundancy tracker and UK job losses
Writer: Mike Berry 13 February 2009 10:52
This article first appeared in Personnel Today magazine and makes interesting, if rather depressing reading.
We’ve been discussing various firms who’ve announced job cuts, meaning usually that they cut their logistics requirements too, so sooner or later truckers suffer. 
The list below from Personnel Today shows 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.
Total employees made redundant since September 2008: 100,883 
The details show:
Company Name
Date Reported
No. of Jobs cut
Sitel 12 February 500
Atkins 12 February 800
RBS 11 February 2,300
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 242
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
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
