Job losses april 2009

April 30 - 500 jobs

BAE Systems, Europe’s biggest defence company, will cut 500 jobs and close three factories after the British government delayed the purchase of armoured vehicles.

Wincanton, which delivers goods for companies including Tesco and Sainsbury, said it was cutting 283 jobs at its home delivery unit.

Carphone Warehouse announced plans to make a further 95 employees redundant, on top of the 450 announced in February.

April 29 - 370 jobs

Lloyds Banking Group said it would cut 305 jobs and phase out the brand Clerical Medical for new business as part of its restructuring.

Sotherby's, Britain's oldest auction house, said the recession has forced it to cut 5pc of its global workforce - about 65 jobs.

April 24 - 270 jobs

Japanese electronics firm Toshiba said it would cut 270 British jobs and move production to Poland.

April 23 - 1385 jobs

Lloyds Banking Group announced the loss of 985 jobs from its car financing business, at sites including Speke near Liverpool. The redundancies are the result of combining Lloyds TSB and HBOS's car financing businesses, following the two merger of the two banks at the height of the financial crisis last year.

Insurer RSA said it would close its Bristol operations, with the loss of about 400 jobs.

April 9 - 200 jobs

Hays, Britain's largest recruitment company, said it had laid off 200 staff since the start of the year as vacancies fell by over 50pc.

April 7 - 4,500 jobs

Royal Bank of Scotland said it was cutting a further 4,500 jobs in the UK in a clear-out of its back-office operations.

April 6 - 30 jobs

YouGov, the company that brought online political polling to the UK, said it would cut 30 jobs to save £2.5m.

April 2 - 2,863 jobs

More than 2,500 British jobs were lost at just two companies as insurance giant Norwich Union and aircraft manufacturer Bombardier unveiled huge redundancy programmes.

Mobile-phone component maker AVX, based in Devon, said it was cutting 130 jobs and transferring work to the Czech Republic.

Tyneside-based cigarette filter maker, Filtrona Filters, announced plans to cut 233 jobs, blaming a worldwide decline in the tobacco market.