The Guardian
BBC tells apprentices 'no jobs for you' after promising them jobs, citing 'exceptional circumstances' - which apparently include the need to save £500m.
BBC Business
JLR cuts hundreds of jobs after a cyberattack stopped production for five months, costing nearly £2 billion and making September car production hit a 70-year low.
The Guardian
Volkswagen wants to cut up to 100,000 jobs and close four German plants; unions are not amused and plan protests.
BBC Business
John Lewis plans to cut 200 jobs by closing currency exchange and gift wrapping services, blaming digital payments and changing habits, while handing out its first staff bonus in four years.
BBC Business
BAT cuts 9,000 jobs to become 'AI-focused' while lamenting that regulators and cheap Chinese vapes are ruining its pivot from lung cancer to nicotine addiction.
The Guardian
City & Guilds faces legal and industrial action over plans to cut about 400 UK jobs while allegedly hiring new staff - a classic 'Do as I say, not as I recruit' approach.
BBC Business
Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters apologises for calling employees whose jobs may be replaced by AI 'lower value human capital' - a phrase that goes over about as well as you'd expect.
BBC Business
Whitbread says it will cut 3,800 jobs and revamp its restaurants to save £250m, because nothing ruins a good night's sleep like a redundancy letter.
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