European companies cut jobs as economy sputters
Adds Airbus, UniCredit, Yara, and updates UPM; changes cut-off period to the start of July
Oct 17 (Reuters) -Elevated levels of inflation and the impact of the war in Ukraine have forced companies across Europe to freeze hiring or cut jobs.
Here are some of the layoffs announced since the start of July:
BANKS
* DNB DNB.OL: The Norwegian lender said in September it would cut the equivalent of 500 full-time jobs over the next six months, as it prepares for lower interest rates and tougher competition ahead.
* UniCredit CRDI.MI: The Italian bank signed an agreement with labour unions that included 1,000 voluntary redundancies and 500 new jobs, Italy's banking union Fabi said on Oct. 17.
INDUSTRIALS AND ENGINEERING
* NORTHVOLT: The Swedish battery maker said in September it planned to layoff 1,600 employees in Sweden, including 1,000 positions at its Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea.
RETAIL AND CONSUMER GOODS
* DYSON: The vacuum cleaner manufacturer said in July it would cut about 1,000 jobs in Britain as part of global restructuring.
* UNILEVER ULVR.L: The consumer goods giant plans to cut a third of all office roles in Europe by the end of 2025, it said in July.
TELECOMS
* TELIA TELIA.ST: The Swedish telecom operator is looking to cut around 3,000 jobs in 2024, it said in September.
PHARMA
* INDIVIOR INDV.L: The drugmaker said in July it would cut about 130 jobs following the discontinuation of sales of its schizophrenia drug Perseris.
OTHERS
* AIRBUS AIR.PA: The aerospace group said on Oct. 16 it would cut up to 2,500 jobs in its Defence and Space division by mid-2026.
* DEUTSCHE BAHN: The German rail operator said in July it planned to cut 30,000 jobs, or around 9% of staff.
* INFINEON IFXGn.DE: The German chipmaker will cut 1,400 jobs worldwide and relocate further 1,400 positions to countries with lower labour costs, its CEO said in August.
* MANCHESTER UNITED MANU.N: The English Premier League club is proposing to cut about 250 jobs as part of a club-wide redundancy programme, a source close to it said in July.
* PKP CARGO PKPP.WA: Poland's largest freight company plans to lay off 30% of staff, it said in July.
* SHELL SHEL.L: The energy giant plans to scale back its oil and gas exploration and development workforce by 20%, company sources told Reuters in August. In Europe, the cuts are focused in the Netherlands and Britain, they said. A Shell spokesman would not comment on the reduction figures.
* TAMEDIA TXGN: The Swiss media firm said in August it would close two printing works and lay off almost 300 staff.
* UPM UPM.HE: The Finnish forestry group may cut up to 110 jobs in its Fibres Finland business, it said on Oct. 8. In August, it announced mill closures in Germany, affecting 338 jobs, and the closing of its biocomposites business, affecting 59 jobs in Finland and Germany.
* YARA YAR.OL: The Norwegian fertiliser maker said on Oct. 15 that planned production changes at its Tertre plant in Belgium, including the closing of its ammonia unit, could result in a dismissal of around 115 workers.
Source: Regulatory filings, Reuters articles and company websites
(Compiled by Agata Rybska, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Boleslaw Lasocki, Charlotte Eugenie Yvette Bawol, Olga Sawczuk in Gdansk and Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Edited by Shounak Dasgupta and Milla Nissi)
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