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Weekly UK job cuts summary: 17 August 2026 to 23 August 2026

The tracker records 170 UK jobs proposed or under consultation and 0 confirmed or reduced in 12 published records announced from 17 August 2026 to 23 August 2026.

12 employers or shared programmes appear in these records. 10 records have no stated UK job number and 0 announcements are reversed. These records add no jobs to either total.

The calendar week is complete. This summary uses announcement dates and the latest recorded status. Later corrections can change earlier summaries. Month-only announcement dates remain in month and year totals and are not assigned to weeks. Coverage is incomplete. Totals use the stated UK figure, including "up to", "at least" and "about". How we count.

UK jobs proposed or under consultation
170
UK jobs confirmed or reduced
0
Published records
12
Records without a UK number, excluding reversals
10
Reversed announcements
0

Largest recorded figures

Proposed or under consultation: Sayers Bakery, about 100 UK jobs.

Proposed or under consultation

All weekly summaries. View the week data table.