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Job cuts where the employer's stated reason is: Costs

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2026 count

74 events, 14,433 named jobs

Published job cuts

DateEmployerJobsWhereStated reasonStatus
25 Sep 2026JT Leyland Limited43Milnthorpe, CumbriaCostsConfirmed
25 Sep 2026Durham County CouncilAbout 18Not statedCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityAt least 30CardiffCostsIn consultation
25 Sep 2026Motorpoint Arena19NottinghamCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026Spectrum Yarns77SlaithwaiteCostsIn consultation
25 Sep 2026Alexander DennisAbout 400Larbert and CamelonCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026Koala Karlous50Plymouth, Falmouth, Cornwall Services and LondonCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026Jenx Ltd47SheffieldCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026INEOS60HullCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026University of the West of ScotlandAbout 65PaisleyCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026Brace's BakeryAbout 20BlackwoodCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026Quiz109Glasgow and BellshillCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026English HeritageAbout 189Not statedCostsIn consultation
25 Sep 2026Post OfficeAbout 100Not statedCostsProposed
25 Sep 2026University of South WalesAbout 90Not statedCostsIn consultation
24 Sep 2026Vistry GroupNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
23 Sep 2026Legal & GeneralAbout 1,000Not statedCostsProposed
23 Sep 2026BBC Sport7Not statedCostsProposed
23 Sep 2026The Co-opNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
23 Sep 2026Admiral500Not statedCostsIn consultation
18 Sep 2026Clayton Glass Ltd290County Durham, North Lanarkshire and BlackburnCostsConfirmed
15 Sep 2026Helix ConstructNot knownHemel HempsteadCostsIn administration
8 Sep 2026Ulster UniversityAbout 450Not statedCostsProposed
8 Sep 2026Channel 4340LondonCostsProposed
8 Sep 2026BG Mathers Limited7Not statedCostsConfirmed
7 Sep 2026WhitbreadNumber not statedEdinburgh, Falkirk, Aberdeenshire, Inverness and StirlingshireCostsConfirmed
7 Sep 2026Jaguar Land Rover4,000CoventryCostsProposed
4 Sep 2026PureLifi42Leith, EdinburghCostsConfirmed
2 Sep 2026Wirral Council5Not statedCostsProposed
27 Aug 2026BBC36Not statedCostsProposed
25 Aug 2026WhitbreadNumber not statedNottingham, Newark and WorksopCostsProposed
31 Jul 2026Foundever220Motherwell and NewcastleCostsIn consultation
30 Jun 2026MagnetNot knownBridgwaterCostsIn administration
30 Jun 2026Jacksons BakeryAt least 20HullCostsIn consultation
23 Jun 2026University of ExeterAbout 59Penryn CampusCostsIn consultation
17 Jun 2026AO WorldUp to 200BoltonCostsProposed
17 Jun 2026BBCUp to 2,000WalesCostsProposed
8 Jun 2026ZentiaAbout 170GatesheadCostsConfirmed
5 Jun 2026British Heart FoundationNumber not statedSutton ColdfieldCostsProposed
3 Jun 2026European Cargo Limited178BournemouthCostsConfirmed
3 Jun 2026Hughes35East Anglia and WisbechCostsProposed
2 Jun 2026Sunhill Transport LtdAbout 32DeesideCostsProposed
12 May 2026University of NottinghamAt least 600Not statedCostsProposed
12 May 2026Cancer ResearchAbout 190Not statedCostsProposed
11 May 2026VictrexNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
6 May 2026Spaghetti House101Marble Arch, Carnaby, Oxford Street, Kensington and SohoCostsConfirmed
28 Apr 2026Ascend Airways161Not statedCostsProposed
15 Apr 2026Franco MancaAbout 225Battersea, Stoke Newington, Kilburn, Tottenham Court Road, Bishop's Stortford, Cheltenham, Didsbury, Glasgow, Hove, Lincoln, Plymouth, London, Chiswick, London, Brixton, New Oxford Street, Bromley and Broadway Market in HackneyCostsConfirmed
15 Apr 2026BBC2,000Not statedCostsProposed
14 Apr 2026Farleigh Hospice17Not statedCostsIn consultation
8 Apr 2026John Lewis Partnership3,300Not statedCostsConfirmed
8 Apr 2026St Lawrence College166RamsgateCostsConfirmed
1 Apr 2026Motorpoint Arena19NottinghamCostsProposed
31 Mar 2026DenbyAt least 80Derbyshire and DenbyCostsConfirmed
31 Mar 2026MeatliquorAt least 5Islington, Clapham Junction, Queensway, Brighton and LeedsCostsProposed
18 Mar 2026VolvoUp to 120MotherwellCostsProposed
17 Mar 2026Close Brothers600Not statedCostsProposed
9 Mar 2026Butlin's250SkegnessCostsProposed
6 Mar 2026Innis & Gunn100Glasgow, Edinburgh and PerthCostsProposed
4 Mar 2026University of South WalesAbout 200Not statedCostsIn consultation
26 Feb 2026Ocado1,000Hatfield, HertfordshireCostsProposed
25 Feb 2026Molson Coors Beverage CompanyAbout 50Rock, CornwallCostsIn consultation
25 Feb 2026Aston Martin LagondaNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
25 Feb 2026Aston Martin500GaydonCostsIn consultation
18 Feb 2026GilksAt least 100Nantwich, CheshireCostsProposed
12 Feb 2026Afford Rent a Car34Stoke-on-TrentCostsConfirmed
11 Feb 2026GilksAbout 30AngleseyCostsConfirmed
8 Feb 2026OcadoUp to 1,000UK-based head officeCostsProposed
1 Feb 2026ATS Euromaster703AstonCostsConfirmed
1 Feb 2026C W Sellors36Not statedCostsConfirmed
28 Jan 2026Original Factory Shop1,180Prudhoe, Ballycastle, Portrush and WarrenpointCostsConfirmed
20 Jan 2026Moores Furniture Group124West YorkshireCostsConfirmed
12 Jan 2026PucciniAbout 15SwintonCostsProposed
5 Jan 2026Claire'sNot knownPlymouthCostsIn administration
5 Dec 2025PoundlandAbout 1,000Not statedCostsConfirmed
27 Nov 2025Vintage Birdcage Cakery25CharfieldCostsConfirmed
6 Nov 2025BT5,000Not statedCostsProposed
23 Oct 2025Shoezone39Boscombe, Bournemouth, Burgess Hill and West SussexCostsConfirmed
15 Oct 2025Paddy Power128BelfastCostsProposed
14 Oct 2025Royal Cornwall Hospitals TrustNumber not statedTruroCostsIn consultation
13 Oct 2025Anheddau400Not statedCostsProposed
7 Oct 2025Wirral CouncilUp to 17MerseysideCostsProposed
7 Oct 2025INEOS60HullCostsProposed
23 Sep 2025B&Q672SouthamptonCostsProposed
23 Sep 2025Royal Cornwall Hospitals TrustAbout 700Not statedCostsIn consultation
11 Sep 2025Welsh WaterUp to 500Not statedCostsProposed
11 Sep 2025Bangor Cathedral5Not statedCostsProposed
8 Sep 2025Bodycare130DumfriesCostsConfirmed
5 Sep 2025Bodycare450Croydon, Edinburgh, Hemel Hempstead, Scunthorpe, Wrexham, Erdington, Northfield, Tamworth, Stourbridge, West Bromwich and LoughboroughCostsConfirmed
29 Aug 2025Scope6Alton, Bishop's Stortford, Huntingdon, Newmarket, Beverley, Fleet and MarchCostsConfirmed
25 Jul 2025Oakman Inns & Restaurants159Not statedCostsProposed
17 Jul 2025ClintonsAt least 300Rugby, Keighley, Leamington Spa, Halifax and AndoverCostsProposed
10 Jul 2025National TrustAbout 550Not statedCostsIn consultation
7 Jul 2025Strathearn Arts1CrieffCostsProposed
30 Jun 2025Spectrum Yarns77SlaithwaiteCostsProposed
21 Jun 2025Play Music Today (PMT)96NottinghamCostsConfirmed
10 Jun 2025Nottingham University Hospitals430Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre and City HospitalCostsProposed
9 Jun 2025Cardiff University69Not statedCostsProposed
6 Jun 2025HSDCAbout 70Not statedCostsIn consultation
3 Jun 2025Goodwin Academy5DealCostsProposed
2 Jun 2025OxfamUp to 250London, Manchester and OxfordCostsIn consultation
23 May 2025NHS Integrated Care BoardsAbout 400Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire and GloucestershireCostsProposed
22 May 2025The Kirkwood19HuddersfieldCostsProposed
8 May 2025Macmillan Cancer Support413Not statedCostsConfirmed
8 May 2025University of PlymouthUp to 200PlymouthCostsIn consultation
1 May 2025Exmoor Ales3WiveliscombeCostsConfirmed
29 Apr 2025South Devon CollegeAbout 65TorbayCostsIn consultation
29 Apr 2025PetroineosAt least 400GrangemouthCostsProposed
15 Apr 2025Morrisons396Tonbridge, Birmingham, Whickham, Poole, Brentwood, Kilmarnock, Weston-Super-Mare, Exeter, Croydon, London, Leeds, Portsmouth, Glasgow and BathCostsProposed
11 Apr 2025Sainsbury'sAt least 3,000StanwayCostsConfirmed
4 Apr 2025Nippon Electric GlassAbout 250WiganCostsProposed
3 Apr 2025East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust468Ipswich, Colchester and West SuffolkCostsProposed
2 Apr 2025Metropolitan PoliceAt least 1,700Not statedCostsProposed
29 Mar 2025ScopeAbout 70BridgwaterCostsIn consultation
29 Mar 2025Sainsbury's3,000Swadlincote, Lincoln, Bamber Bridge and MorecambeCostsProposed
29 Mar 2025Scope47Wednesbury and NuneatonCostsIn consultation
27 Mar 2025British Steel2,700ScunthorpeCostsIn consultation
24 Mar 2025MorrisonsAbout 365Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Failsworth, Eccles, Swinton, Kirkby, St Helens, Haxby Village, Bradford Thornbury, Leeds Swinnow Rd, Leeds Horsforth, Elland, Leeds Kirkstall, Bradford Enterprise 5, Sheffield Meadowhead, Bradford Victoria and LutterworthCostsProposed
11 Mar 2025University of Dundee632DundeeCostsIn consultation
11 Mar 2025Dundee UniversityAbout 700DundeeCostsProposed
10 Mar 2025ATS EuromasterAbout 400Plymouth, Exeter, Newton Abbot, Truro, Penzance, Taunton, Frome, Wincanton and TrowbridgeCostsConfirmed
7 Mar 2025Bistrot Pierre158Southport, Preston, Birmingham, Mere Green, Newport, Kidderminster, Leamington Spa and CoventryCostsConfirmed
7 Mar 2025Falkirk Council92Not statedCostsProposed
5 Mar 2025Aspro ParksNumber not statedPembrokeshireCostsConfirmed
2 Mar 2025Victim Support84Not statedCostsProposed
26 Feb 2025Aston MartinAbout 150Not statedCostsProposed
24 Feb 2025Truro and Penwith CollegeUp to 50Truro and PenwithCostsProposed
14 Feb 2025University of LiverpoolNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
13 Feb 2025Macmillan Cancer Support413Not statedCostsConfirmed
12 Feb 2025University of EdinburghNumber not statedEdinburghCostsProposed
12 Feb 2025Somerset CouncilAt least 550Not statedCostsProposed
11 Feb 2025Manchester UnitedAbout 200LondonCostsProposed
7 Feb 2025WabtecAt least 300DoncasterCostsIn consultation
7 Feb 2025Broad Horizons Education Trust9Not statedCostsProposed
7 Feb 2025East Riding Council400Not statedCostsProposed
3 Feb 2025Jarrolds4NorwichCostsIn consultation
3 Feb 2025Queen's University BelfastUp to 270BelfastCostsProposed
1 Feb 2025Staffordshire policeUp to 80Not statedCostsProposed
31 Jan 2025University of East AngliaAt least 160Not statedCostsProposed
30 Jan 2025NHS England2,000Not statedCostsProposed
30 Jan 2025The KirkwoodAbout 33HuddersfieldCostsProposed
30 Jan 2025Berry Bros & Rudd30Not statedCostsIn consultation
30 Jan 2025English HeritageAt least 189Not statedCostsIn consultation
29 Jan 2025Post OfficeAbout 100Not statedCostsProposed
29 Jan 2025BBC World ServiceNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
28 Jan 2025Essex PoliceUp to 99Essex and LincolnshireCostsIn consultation
28 Jan 2025VPK Packaging59Leeds Bradford Industrial EstateCostsIn consultation
28 Jan 2025Cardiff University400CardiffCostsIn consultation
28 Jan 2025Durham University200Not statedCostsIn consultation
27 Jan 2025Almost FamousNumber not statedManchester, Liverpool and LeedsCostsProposed
27 Jan 2025Cranswick Convenience Foods100HullCostsIn consultation
27 Jan 2025Ubisoft100Leamington, Reflections, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and NewcastleCostsProposed
23 Jan 2025River IslandNumber not statedLondonCostsProposed
23 Jan 2025SchuhNumber not statedNot statedCostsIn consultation
23 Jan 2025Sainsbury'sAt least 3,000Denton, Cheadle, Hazel Grove, Swadlincote, Kent, Wrexham, Rhyl, Westwood, County Durham, Leicester, Fosse Park, Leek, Monks Cross, Huntington, North Yorkshire and Wakefield Marsh Way, Wakefield, West YorkshireCostsIn consultation
23 Jan 2025Sainsbury's3,000London, Milton Keynes, Whitchurch, Hedge End, Waterlooville, Nantwich, Leek, Cannock, Gillingham, Thanet, Gravesend and AylesfordCostsProposed
22 Jan 2025St Cuthbert's Hospice18County Durham and DurhamCostsConfirmed
21 Jan 2025Newcastle UniversityAbout 300NewcastleCostsProposed
16 Jan 2025BPNumber not statedNot statedCostsProposed
15 Jan 2025Lloyds Banking GroupAbout 500Speke, Liverpool and PitreavieCostsProposed
13 Jan 2025PageGroupNumber not statedSloughCostsProposed
10 Jan 2025Kirklees CouncilUp to 100Not statedCostsProposed
8 Jan 2025Ysgol Robert OwenUp to 20NewtownCostsProposed
7 Jan 2025Mind91Not statedCostsConfirmed
6 Jan 2025Connect Modular48Cumnock and AyrshireCostsConfirmed
2 Jan 2025Buckinghamshire CouncilAbout 15Not statedCostsProposed