All entries located in Yorkshire and the Humber (United Kingdom), newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber 2026-10-23T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:07581d14:en 2026-10-23T06:00:00Z

The new owners of the Daily Telegraph, part of Axel Springer since June, have made staff redundant and announced a shift to an AI-powered global media and intelligence business. Newsroom insiders expect up to 100 job losses, with culture and sport hit hardest; the company has not given an official figure (The Guardian, 23 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/23/telegraph-job-cuts-axel-springer-owner-promises-turn-paper-ai-powered-global-business

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:28dff368:en 2026-10-20T06:00:00Z

Gambling group Flutter announced on 20 October 2026 plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs in its UK and Ireland business, mainly in Leeds and Dublin (240 roles at the Clonskeagh headquarters, with voluntary redundancy offered) plus hubs in Porto and Cluj-Napoca. The company blames higher UK taxes on online casino and sports betting, which it says it cannot fully absorb; which functions are affected has not been disclosed (BBC, 20 Oct 2026; second source: RTÉ, 20 Oct 2026). Update (25 Oct 2026): The programme includes closing Sky Bet's headquarters, relocated from the UK to Malta in November 2025 (the Maltese entity SBG Sports Limited is to be wound down): about 50 jobs in Malta are affected and the remaining staff are expected to move to Gibraltar; the figure of 1,400 is unchanged and the Maltese jobs are not counted on top (iGamingCapital, 22 Oct 2026; Casino Guardian, 21 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqzrdpkm3g84o · https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/1020/1596128-flutter-job-cuts/ · https://igamingcapital.mt/flutter-reverse-sky-bets-malta-move-less-than-a-year-later/ · https://www.casinoguardian.co.uk/2026/10/21/flutter-announces-sky-bet-malta-office-shutdown-amid-strategic-shift/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:52156cd7:en 2026-09-22T06:00:00Z

Ineos is placing its three acetyls units at the Saltend site in Hull – according to the group the last world-scale plants of their kind in Europe – into standby until further notice; two units had already stopped production and the third was due to follow a few days later. Ineos blames gas prices it says are twelve times as high as in the US; in Hull gas serves both as an energy source and as a feedstock. According to Ineos, the plants support almost 4,000 skilled jobs in the Humberside region; the company did not give a number of directly affected employees (Ineos press release, 22.09.2026; second source: The Manufacturer, 23.09.2026). Update (20 October 2026): According to The Chemical Engineer, 245 employees at the Saltend site are directly affected and up to 755 more indirectly; there is no statement on a restart, permanent closure or redundancies (The Chemical Engineer, 23 Sep 2026). — Sources: https://www.ineos.com/news/shared-news/ineos-idles-europes-last-world-scale-acetyls-plant-as-energy-prices-hit-12-times-us-level/ · https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/humberside-engineers-distressed-as-ineos-suspends-uk-acetyl-production-over-high-gas-prices/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:cbf1238f:en 2026-09-21T06:00:00Z

Airbus is converting its former A380 wing facility at Broughton in North Wales into an A321 wing line at a cost of GBP 150 million: six production jigs, an equipping line and a paint shop; the first wing is already in production and all six jigs are due to be operational by the end of 2026. Around 480 additional jobs are being created during 2026, roughly 250 of them inside the refurbished building, on top of the site's some 6,000 employees. The background is the ramp-up towards rate 75 against a backlog of about 7,500 A320 Family aircraft, around 75 % of them A321s (Airbus press release, 21 Sept 2026). — Source: https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-09-airbus-invests-into-uk-manufacturing-to-support-global-production-ramp-up

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:8778ee1c:en 2026-09-02T06:00:00Z

Morrisons told staff on 2 September 2026 that a further roughly 86 roles at its Bradford head office are at risk — part of an ongoing restructuring under which CEO Rami Baitiéh aims to deliver GBP 940 million in savings over three years. Only months earlier Morrisons had put around 200 roles at its Hilmore House headquarters at risk; the latest proposals are still subject to consultation. — Source: https://www.grocerygazette.co.uk/2026/09/02/morrisons-puts-further-80-plus-head-office-jobs-at-risk/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c7654cfa:en 2026-07-29T06:00:00Z

Leeds-based housing contractor Torsion Construction has gone into administration, with James Clark and Howard Smith of Interpath appointed joint administrators. The source gives annual turnover of £165m and 115 staff, of whom "most" have been made redundant — it gives no exact redundancy figure, so the field carries total headcount. Liquidity pressure from delayed capital events, margin pressure and rising costs are cited as causes; the administrators are working through twelve live sites with the project funders. The report says administration began on a Tuesday but gives no calendar date. — Source: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/07/29/torsion-construction-goes-into-administration/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:5a4d70b2:en 2026-07-27T06:00:00Z

Under the same 27 July 2026 transformation programme, Lenzing will also phase out production at its English lyocell plant in Grimsby by the end of 2027, withdrawing from the United Kingdom. Built by Courtaulds, the site is regarded as the birthplace of the Tencel fibre brand. Lenzing gave no figure for the employees affected, saying it would consult employee representatives on appropriate support measures. Fibre production will be concentrated on selected core sites, including the group's home plant in Lenzing, Upper Austria. — Source: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/EQS_20260727_EQS0016/eqs-news-lenzing-gruppe-beschleunigt-strategische-transformation

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2d3c0fb1:en 2026-06-08T06:00:00Z

Porterbrook has officially opened its Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire with a new 3.5 km electrified test loop; Rail Minister Lord Hendy cut the ribbon. The 55-hectare site was formerly a military depot and railway works; Porterbrook took it over most recently after the privatisation of British Rail and has already invested GBP 75 million (EUR 87 million) in modernising it. The company cites more than GBP 1 billion of investment over the past five years in trains, fleet renewal, propulsion innovation and rail infrastructure, including GBP 14 million for the hydrogen train HydroFLEX. The opening day is not given, so the date is that of the report (LOK Report, 8 Jun 2026). Update (8 June 2026): The electrified test track at Long Marston has officially opened, with rail minister Lord Hendy cutting the ribbon. (LOK Report, 8 June 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/grossbritannien/grossbritannien-eisenbahnminister-lord-hendy-hat-die-elektrifizierte-teststrecke-in-long-marston-eroeffnet.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:306b75a1:en 2025-10-27T06:00:00Z

The British regional airline Eastern Airways (founded in 1997 and based at Humberside Airport near Hull) cancelled all flights and applied for the appointment of administrators on 27 October 2025; hundreds of jobs are at risk, though the report gives no exact figure. The carrier served Aberdeen, London Gatwick, Teesside International and Newquay, offered charter flights and supported the North Sea offshore oil and gas industry; the Civil Aviation Authority told passengers not to travel to airports. ScotRail, Northern, LNER and TransPennine Express offered affected passengers and staff free rail travel until 29 October 2025, and Loganair offered special fares between Aberdeen and Kirkwall or Sumburgh (LOK Report, 29 Oct 2025). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/grossbritannien/62615-grossbritannien-bahngesellschaften-retten-gestrandete-fluggaeste.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:c9c134cd:en 2025-08-05T06:00:00Z

The section between Church Fenton and York (via Colton Junction) was electrified under the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU); the first electric passenger train ran on 3 August 2025, and completion was marked on 5 August 2025 with a visit from the UK Transport Secretary. In May 2021 the Department for Transport approved GBP 317 million to develop the programme and start early works, including this electrification (Railnews, 26.05.2021), within the wider TRU programme (Manchester–Huddersfield–Leeds–York) budgeted at roughly GBP 11 billion. This brings about 25% of the 70-mile Transpennine main line to electrified status, expected to cut journey times (e.g. York–Leeds by 10 minutes); once complete, the overall programme is expected to cut carbon emissions by up to 108,000 tonnes a year, according to Network Rail (Network Rail, 05.08.2025). — Source: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/watt-a-milestone-transpennine-route-upgrade-celebrates-as-25-percent-of-the-route-is-electrified