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Transformation 14Decline 13
Key figures
27,520affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 12 reports · since Mar 2026
Largest job cuts
- British American Tobacco to cut or relocate 9,000 jobs worldwide9,000 Affected staff ·
- Standard Chartered to cut over 7,800 jobs by 2030 through AI7,800 Affected staff ·
- Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs, mostly in support functions5,000 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| Media | 5 | 2,430 |
| Finance / Insurance | 4 | 1,800 |
| Banking | 3 | 12,800 |
| Energy | 2 | — |
| Retail | 2 | 250 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 2 of 2 announcements older than six months.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Report: H&M plans to cut 250 office jobs in the UKNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Prologis raises takeover offer for Segro to £14bnNext milestone: 30 Jun 2027
- Sky to acquire ITV's broadcast and streaming business
- Genel outbids DNO with $5.74 a share for Capricorn Energy
- Greggs plans to close four factories, putting about 740 jobs at risk
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs, mostly in support functions · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Gulf Keystone to merge with ShaMaran Petroleum · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Sweden
- HMV to close Oxford Street flagship store · Closures · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Greggs plans to close four factories, putting about 740 jobs at risk · Closures · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Report: Nubank in talks to buy UK digital bank Monzo · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Brazil
- Genel outbids DNO with $5.74 a share for Capricorn Energy · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Legal & General to cut around 1,000 jobs in London by mid-2027 · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Taboola to acquire London ad network Dianomi · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- LondonMetric and Schroder REIT complete Picton Property takeover · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / Guernsey
- Channel 4 cuts 340 jobs, the deepest in its history · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Vossloh completes takeover of LiDAR specialist Cordel · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom
- Report: H&M plans to cut 250 office jobs in the UK · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Prologis raises takeover offer for Segro to £14bn · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / USA
- OCS Group agrees £3.1bn takeover of facilities firm Mitie · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- e& sells Vodafone stake to Xavier Niel's Vega for $5.95bn · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / France / UAE
- Report: Entain to cut around 500 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- GSK completes $10.6bn acquisition of Nuvalent · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom / USA
- Report: Watches of Switzerland in take-private talks · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- KPMG UK cuts 200 jobs in group corporate services · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Sky to acquire ITV's broadcast and streaming business · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Report: GB News to cut up to 90 newsroom jobs · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- British American Tobacco to cut or relocate 9,000 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- EQT agrees to acquire Intertek for £9.3bn · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Standard Chartered to cut over 7,800 jobs by 2030 through AI · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Vodafone to buy out CK Hutchison from VodafoneThree venture · Mergers · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs, its biggest cut in over a decade · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Close Brothers to cut 600 jobs in the UK and Ireland · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom