Britain’s largest builders merchant, Travis Perkins, is to put 600 jobs at risk and close 30 branches due to an “uncertain UK outlook” next years in the wake of the Brexit vote.
David Cameron says the government is doing all it can to save thousands of jobs within the UK steel industry, but nationalisation was not the answer and there are “no guarantees”.
Tata Steel has announced around 1,200 job cuts at its plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
Tesco will shed up 10,000 jobs in an attempt to reinvigorate the scandal-hit supermarket, according to a new report.
Transport for London (TfL) have announced that it will introduce a 24 hour “Night Tube” service on weekends, in plans that will also close ticket offices across the network and cut up to 750 jobs.