Calendar of lost jobs

SINCE the beginning of August the main job losses announced in Britain have been:

6 August: BP, Uxbridge and elsewhere, 1,500.

20 Aug: British Telecom, various sites, 30,000 over 2 years.

28 Aug: Jaguar cars, Coventry and Birmingham, 700.

28 Aug: Swan Hunter shipbuilders, Tyneside, 725.

3 September: Yarrow shipbuilders, Glasgow, 510.

10 Sept: Allied Irish Bank, Uxbridge and elsewhere, 220.

18 Sept: BBC support staff, London and elsewhere, 1,250.

18 Sept: Cammell Laird shipbuilders, Birkenhead, 250.

23 Sept: British Aerospace, Hatfield and Manchester, 3,000.

24 Sept: Ford, Dagenham and Halewood, 1,487.

24 Sept: Rolls-Royce cars, Crewe, 950.

24 Sept: Baring Securities, London, 108.

25 Sept: British Coal, Daw Mill colliery, Warwicks, 580.

29 Sept: Sears retail and mail order, various areas, 1,800.

29 Sept: Pirelli Cables, Hampshire and South Wales, 300.

29 Sept: Northern Telecom, Northern Ireland, 426.

29 Sept: Defence Research Agency, Hants and Dorset, 2,000.

29 Sept: ITN, London, 112.

30 Sept: Cadbury's chocolate, Birmingham, 450.

1 October: VSEL shipyard, Barrow, 390.

12 Oct: Lucas Industries, various sites, 4,000.