Job losses march 2009

March 31 - 1555 jobs

Visteon Corporation, the struggling US car parts maker, has its main UK subsidiary into administration with the loss of 565 British jobs.

Jarvis, the engineering business chaired by failed London mayoral candidate Steven Norris, cut 450 jobs as it reacted to a hiatus in work from Network Rail.

FG Wilson, the engineering company, said 95 jobs would be going at its three sites in Northern Ireland.

Manufacturer Leaderflush Shapland told workers at its factory in Barnstaple that it planned to cut 185 posts from its workforce of 293.

EDC Blackburn, the CD manufacturing facility, said it would close in December with the loss of 260 jobs.

March 30 - 228 jobs

Telecoms company Nortel said 228 posts would go across the UK after it went into bankruptcy.

March 26 - 150 jobs

Man Group said it would cut 270 jobs, mostly in London and Zurich, in a push to reduce overheads as redemptions gather pace and sales fall. About 150 jobs of these are expected to be in London.

March 25 - 1700 jobs

HSBC confirmed plans to cut up to 1,200 UK jobs to cut costs to cope with an increasingly challenging market.

Legal & General said it expected to make 200 additional job cuts in 2009 after warning that the outlook for the year was gloomy.

RBS said it was cutting almost 100 jobs from its business dealing with personal loans.

Pool and snooker club Rileys went into administration with the loss of 200 jobs.

March 24 - 100 jobs

The Greater London Authority said it was cutting up to 100 jobs at City Hall.

March 23 - 750 jobs

Daily Mail and General Trust said it would cut 1,000 jobs at its Northcliffe regional newspaper arm - 500 more than previously announced.

Airbus cut 250 agency jobs at its Broughton site in Wales.

March 19 - 2133 jobs

Airline and wholesale catering supply firm Casper Group was placed into administration with the loss of 320 jobs.

63 jobs were cut in Omagh after timber firm Woodlock Joinery ceased trading.

First Group, the Scottish bus and rail operator, said it will cut 1,750 jobs in the UK by March 2010.

March 18 - 441 jobs

About 120 jobs were axed after a further 10 stores that formed part of the lifestyle division of JJB Sports were closed.

Eight branches of the Original Shoe Co fashion chain and two Qube footwear outlets were closed by administrator KPMG, with 121 redundancies.

Independent car and van rental company 1car1 entered administration with the loss of 200 jobs.

March 17 - 50 jobs

Schroders cut more than 50 staff in another round of redundancies at its London headquarters.

March 16 - 100 jobs

TT Electronics, which makes electronic components for the automotive, defence and aerospace industry, will axe a further 500 jobs this year as demand collapses and profits halve - including about 100 in Britain.

March 11 - 936 jobs

Renishaw, the precision engineering group, announced plans to make more than a fifth of its workforce, 500 staff, redundant just weeks after persuading staff to take a 20pc pay cut.

Birmingham fixtures firm Savekers was forced into administration with the loss of 34 jobs.

Tesco closed its Fastway distribution depot at Daventry, Northamptonshire, with the loss of 150 posts.

NCR, the Dundee-based technology firm, ceased production after more than 60 years with the loss of 252 jobs.

March 10 - 1000 jobs

MEN Media, the publisher of Guardian Media Group's Manchester Evening News and 22 weeklies, told staff 150 jobs will go and all weekly editorial offices will be closed.

Design and engineering consultancy Scott Wilson confirmed up to 350 UK jobs will be cut.

Wrekin Construction, based in Shropshire, collapsed into administration, after RBS issued a demand for a £2.8 million overdraft to be re-paid with the loss of 500 jobs.

March 6 - 20 jobs

The Pirelli tyre company made 20 redundancies at its Carlisle plant and cut working hours.

March 5 - 1789 jobs

Catalogue firm Freemans Grattan confirmed plans to shut three of its British sites, with the loss of 1,000 jobs, after a review of the business by its German owners.

Broadcaster Channel Five will cut 87 jobs as part of restructuring plans.

The National Trust for Scotland will cut more than 90 jobs, about a fifth of its workforce, because of the economic slowdown.

East Midlands Trains said it was cutting 162 jobs, hitting management, clerical and supervisory roles.

Princess Yachts, the luxury boat firm, said it was cutting up to 450 jobs in Plymouth because of the current economic climate.

March 4 - 1400 jobs

IMI, an engineering group which makes drinks dispensers and air conditioning units, said it has cut 250 jobs in the UK since December.

ITV said it plans to cut another 600 jobs this year , after shedding 1,000 posts in 2008.

Aluminium producer Novelis said its sheet rolling mill in Rogerstone, South Wales will close with the loss of 440 jobs.

Royal Bank of Scotland said it was cutting 90 jobs at its offshore centres, which include Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.

Accountancy and consulting group KPMG said it would make 20 people redundant in its Belfast operation.

March 3 - 1055 jobs

Meggitt, the Bournemouth-based engineering and aerospace group, said it planned to axe up to 750 jobs in as part of a programme to cut by about £50m a year.

305 job cuts were announced at the Indesit washing machine factory in Bodelwyddan, North Wales.

March 2 - 690 jobs

Engineering group Senior said it will cut 500 jobs in the first four months of 2009, taking total redundancies since the start of the final quarter of 2008 to 1,000.

More than 100 staff at regional UK airports will be made redundant. Manchester, East Midlands, Bournemouth and humberside airports will all shed staff because of the fall in passneger numbers, acccording to owner Manchester Airports Group.

90 staff were made redundant at Shoe Studio, despite administrators selling the business to Dune.