The PA news agency tracked nearly 280,000 announced redundancies or jobs that were put at risk since March 23, when the first lockdown started. Some of the cuts, including 5,500 at Cineworld, are likely to be temporary, but the figures also miss huge numbers of job losses among smaller companies. According to PA's analysis, June was the worst month, with nearly 75,000 redundancies or possible job losses announced. However, this included HSBC and BP, whose plans for 35,000 and 10,000 possible redundancies were global, and not just limited to UK jobs. Read MoreThe fewest number of job losses announced in a full month was in April, shortly after lockdown started on March 23.

Source: Standard Digital December 29, 2020 09:56 UTC