More than 1,800 jobs are set to be lost at Oasis and Warehouse as administrators said they were unable to rescue the company behind the brands. The brands, which are owned by the failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing, also have 437 concessions in department stores including Debenhams and Selfridges. Deloitte, the accountancy firm, was appointed to … Read more
Reform furlough scheme to save jobs: Think-tank warns government strategy risks mass redundancies By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:39 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 23:39 BST, 28 April 2020 The Chancellor is being urged to shake up support for furloughed workers so that businesses can gradually bring them back on reduced … Read more
Airbus warns staff it is ‘bleeding cash’: Jobs at risk and shake-up looms as 3,200 furloughed By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 27 April 2020 Thousands of UK jobs could be at risk after Airbus warned it is ‘bleeding cash’ and may not survive … Read more
Up to 30,000 North Sea oil and gas jobs could be cut unless Government steps up support By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 27 April 2020 Up to 30,000 North Sea oil and gas jobs could be cut unless the Government steps up support, … Read more
Up to one in three jobs in parts of Britain are at risk of being lost amid coronavirus crisis with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s constituency topping list of areas most affected, study finds The analysis has found that jobs in hospitality, retail and tourism are most at risk A new social contract has been called for … Read more
Farmers who have received death threats for flying in potato pickers from Eastern Europe hit back today, saying ‘What else could we do – British people haven’t wanted this sort of work for decades.’ Fearing spuds, strawberries, plums, parsnips, rhubarb and other crops will rot in the fields, planes were chartered to bring Romanian workers … Read more
BREAKING: Donald Trump bans ALL immigration into the U.S. to ‘protect jobs’ amid coronavirus pandemic The president announced his plans in a tweet Monday evening ‘In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy… I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States’, he wrote At least 22 million Americans … Read more
Virgin Australia has gone into voluntary administration, putting 16,000 jobs under threat. The airline will be managed by accountants from Deloitte while it restructures and looks for a buyer. There are fears the restructure will involve scrapping less profitable routes, particularly to regional areas, meaning Qantas will be the only provider and can push up … Read more
Bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien is on brink of collapse putting 500 high street jobs at risk By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 12:43 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 13:03 BST, 20 April 2020 Bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien is close to collapse, putting 500 high street jobs at risk. The Belgian-owned company could appoint … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus lockdown will take more than 6.5million jobs out of the economy, according to estimates contained in a new study. Research by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex says this equates to around a quarter of the UK’s total jobs, with more than half the positions in certain … Read more