UK Job cut diary

UK Job losses on google map.

With a global economic downturn, we can hear the bad news of job market on a daily basis. My concern is £ to Kyats ex-change rate going down from well over K 2000 previously to K 1780/ £ yesterday. I came across the following list of job losses on Telegraph.co.uk which revealed that British companies have announced the loss of 31,184 jobs in the past two months.

December 4 2008 - 1,000 jobs :

• Nomura, the Japanese broker,1000

December 3 2008 - 794 jobs:

• GlaxoSmithKline 200,
• Experian, the company that runs credit checks, 300
• JA Magson, the toy and stationary distributor, 200
• Pinnacle Entertainment 94

December 2 2008 - 817 jobs

• Glasgow-based Bowie Castlebank Group, 817

December 1 2008 - 2,000 jobs

• Aston Martin 600
• Halfords 200
• HSBC 500
• Investment bank Credit Suisse 650

November 28 2008 - 800 jobs

• The Independent newspaper 100
• Aon Corporation 700

November 20 2008 - 590 jobs

• Rolls-Royce 140
• BAE Systems 200
• AstraZeneca 250

November 19 2008 - 900 jobs

• Insulation and roofing materials group SIG 900

November 18 2008 - 90 jobs

• Denis O'Brien, a major shareholder in Independent News & Media, 90

November 17 2008 - 1,815 jobs

• Global banking giant Citigroup 1500
• Avis Europe 315

November 13 2008 - 6,398 jobs

• JCB 398
• Telecoms giant BT 6000

November 11 2008 - 5,320 jobs

• Virgin Media 2200
• GlaxoSmithKline 6200
• Yellow Pages directories firm 1300
• Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey 1000
• Technology firm Psion 200

November 10 2008 - 800 jobs

• Cable & Wireless 700
• Dairy Crest, which manufactures Cathedral City cheese among its many products 100

November 8 2008 - 700 jobs

• Babcock Marine 300
• Corus, the steelmaker, 400

October 28 2008 - 500 jobs

• Credit Suisse 500

October 23 2008 - 6,060 jobs

• Goldman Sachs 6000
• Rightmove 60

October 14 2008 - 600 jobs

• Cadbury 600

October 3 2008 - 2,000 jobs

• Swiss bank UBS 2000

Full details on Telegraph.co.uk