Job losses january 2009

January 29 - 2165 jobs

Electrocomponents, the electronic-parts distributor, cut 340 permanent jobs and 90 temporary roles, whist creating 190 new positions. The proposals resulted in a net reduction of 150 roles in the UK.

Transport for London said 1,000 temporary and administrative posts would be cut, provoking an angry reaction from union leaders.

E.ON, which employs 18,000 in the UK, said it will cut 450 jobs across the country, mainly in its retail division. It will also close a call centre near Glasgow.

A total of 295 jobs were also cut at Zavvi following the closure of 15 stores. The retailer – the former Virgin Megastore chain – fell into administration on Christmas Eve after it was damaged by the collapse of Woolworths' Entertainment UK wholesaling division.

Linklaters said a reduction in the number of mergers and acquisitions, which it specialises in, caused by the downturn meant it would have to cut 270 jobs.

January 28 - 822 jobs

Kitchenware retailer ProCook hit out at "extortionate and ever-increasing business rates" today following its decision to close 18 stores with the loss of about 100 jobs.

GKN, the engineering company, confirmed it had made 2,800 job cuts since November, with 242 of them based in the UK.

Industrial materials group Cookson said it was cutting 1,250 jobs and scrapping its dividend in response to plunging steel markets, with 180 of the jobs being cut in the UK.

Thames Water said it was also cutting 300 jobs due to the recession.

January 27 - 680 jobs

The engineering industry was dealt a body blow as Perkins Engines announced plans to axe 450 factory and office staff. Charter International, Europe's biggest maker of welding equipment, said it was also cutting 940 jobs as the slump in the car industry spreaded to its suppliers and associated industries. However, it did not specify how many of these would be in the UK.

Manchester-based Scapa group, maker of adhesive films and tapes, said it would cut 140 jobs.

Television channel Five said it was planning to cut 90 posts from its workforce of about 270.

January 26, 2009 - 2967 jobs

Steel giant Corus announced plans to axe 2,500 staff in the UK as demand for the metal plummets.

267 jobs were lost at failed childwear retailer Adams after administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers closed 36 stores.

Ulster Bank, which is owned by RBS, is to axe 750 jobs throughout the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland. Two hundred of the redundancies will be in Northern Ireland.

January 23 2009 - 201 jobs

American chemical company Huntsman said it was cutting 201 jobs at its Tioxide plant in Grimsby.

January 21 2009 - 1000 jobs

TT Electronics, a UK-based electronics company, announced plans to axe 700 jobs as demand for new technology collapses.

J Sainsbury announced plans to restructure its London head office in a move that could lead to up to 300 job cuts.

January 20 2009 - 1110 jobs

Burberry plans to cut around 540 jobs in the UK and Spain, as the luxury brand becomes the latest company to cut costs in the face of the deepening recession. Burberry is in consultation to close a sewing factory in Rotherham, which could result in the loss of 290 jobs. The other 250 jobs will go in Spain.

Vion, a Dutch-owned international food company, is to axe 820 British jobs under plans to restructure its UK meat business.

January 15 2009 - 480 jobs

South West Trains, run by train operator Stagecoach, said it was to axe 480 jobs , including managerial staff, blaming an expected fall in passenger numbers because of the economic downturn.

January 14 2009 - 3433 jobs

Pharmaceuticals group Pfizer said it will cut up to 240 UK jobs and manufacturing group Fenner cut 290 positions.

Barclays said it was consulting on a further 2,100 jobs cuts , this time at its retail, commercial banking and credit card units.

Jaguar Land Rover, the troubled car maker, said it would cut 450 jobs ,

Administrators to Zavvi, the record chain formerly known as Virgin Megastores, closed a further 18 stores, with the loss of 353 jobs .

January 13 2009 - 3460 jobs

Barclays slashed 2,130 positions across its investment banking and investment management divisions – equivalent to about 7pc of its headcount.

SIG, the building supplier, also revealed it has cut 720 jobs in the UK and 280 in the rest of Europe, as it battles the downturn in the housebuilding industry.

Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and Homebase, said it would cut 210 staff at a distribution centre in Manchester.

Aga Rangemaster, the maker of the Aga cooker, said it had reduced its workforce by around 400 jobs in the last year.

January 12 2009 - 2142 jobs

JCB, the digger manufacturer, said that 695 jobs would be lost as the lack of available credit from banks had meant that its customers had been unable to afford new diggers.

Publisher Pearson said that around 80 jobs will go at the Financial Times.

Around 1,000 jobs were axed through the closure of two sites operated by logistics giant Wincanton, union leaders confirmed. The GMB said 450 jobs will be lost at Trafford Park in Manchester and a further 550 at Gloucester through a merger with another logistics firm, Culina.

More than 300 staff at troubled china and crystal maker Waterford Wedgwood lost their jobs, administrators confirmed. A total of 367 workers were made redundant, the majority at the company's site in Barlaston, Staffordshire, Deloitte said.

January 10 2009 - 170 jobs

A total of 170 employees were made redundant at the Mariner Foods plant in Grimsby.

January 8 2009 - 1378 jobs

Nissan, the Japanese carmaker and a large UK manufacturer, delivered a big blow for the North East and the wider economy as it cut 1,200 jobs at its plant in Sunderland.

The adminstrator of Zavvi, the music, games and DVD retailer, closed 22 stores with the loss of 178 jobs.

January 7 2009 - 2,638 jobs

Barclays said it would cut 408 jobs in its UK technology departments. The bank said a review of its IT operations will see about 158 permanent staff and 250 contractor positions go, mainly in Cheshire and London.

Marks & Spencer announces plans to cut 1,230 jobs, close more than 25 stores and scale back investment as shoppers abandoned one of Britain's biggest high street names over Christmas.

Cattles, the subprime lender, said it plans to cut 1,000 jobs as it faces up to an "uncertain funding environment", including 400 jobs at its Hull office.

January 6 2009 - 27,000 jobs

Woolworths' last 200 UK stores closed their doors for good, leaving more than 27,000 people unemployed.

January 5 2009 - 1045 jobs

PricewaterhouseCoopers said 850 jobs would be lost at children's clothing retailer Adams, after 111 stores were shut.

Another 195 jobs were lost at the Passion for Perfume chain after the 45-store retailer collapsed into administration.