BBC request re planned redundancies in June and July

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Dear Insolvency Service,

The following BBC story refers to an information request made to you:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-5405...

'British employers planned more than 300,000 redundancies in June and July, as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on the workplace.'

Please provide me with (i) a copy of your response to the BBC and (ii) the same information you povided to the BBC but for the month of August.

Yours faithfully,

J Roberts

FOI, Insolvency Service

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Good Afternoon

Please see attached response to your Freedom of Information request

Regards

Information Rights Officer | Digital Technology Services | The Insolvency Service – Delivering economic confidence| 3rd Floor, Cannon House, 18 Priory Queensway, Birmingham B4 6FD| www.gov.uk/insolvency-service | Please consider the environment before printing.
As a result of government instructions to stay at home we have changed the way we deliver our services. Our focus remains the wellbeing of our employees, you our customers and supporting the country during the Coronavirus outbreak. You can find answers to common questions and the latest information about contacting the Insolvency Service on our GOV.UK content. Thanks for your co-operation.

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'1,784 firms made plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs in July, almost a sevenfold increase on July 2019.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-5405...

The figures for August are less dramatic:

966 firms made plans to cut 58,056 jobs in August, just over a two-and-a-half-fold increase on August 2019.

FOI, Insolvency Service

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Good afternoon

 

Please see attached follow up to your Freedom of Information Request

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