Around 10,000 jobs to be lost from UK workforce | ITV News

High street giants and leading aviation firms have announced a slew of job losses, amounting to up to around 10,000 jobs which are set to disappear from the UK workforce.

John Lewis, Airbus, Arcadia, Upper Crust and Harrods are just some of the firms which have announced major restructuring plans in the past day or so to help them survive the coronavirus pandemic.

In total about 9,440 job losses have been earmarked for the axe by the various different companies.

So far:

Aerospace company Airbus plans to cut 15,000 jobs, 1,700 of which are in the UK. The firm has sites in Broughton, north Wales and Filton, Bristol

Budget airline easyJet announced plans on Tuesday it plans to pull out of Stansted, Southend and Newcastle Airports, possibly putting more than 700 jobs at risk

Upper Crust said 5,000 jobs could be cut amid plunging passenger numbers at railway stations and airports

Arcadia, which owns fashion retailers Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and others, said around 500 of its 2,500 head office workforce could be cut

Luxury department store Harrods said it plans to cut 14 per cent of its 4,800 workforce, which equates to just under 700 jobs being lost

Menswear company TM Lewin announced it will close all UK shops and that 600 UK jobs will go

Furniture chain Harveys has gone into administration, putting 240 jobs at risk

And high street stalwart John Lewis is planning to cut jobs, although the number of stores and jobs affected are yet to be decided, according to a memo obtained by the Evening Standard

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