Fears grow for UK high street as more than 6,000 retail jobs cut in a day
Harrods and Arcadia shed 1,200 jobs as John Lewis warns of staff and bonus cuts
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More than 6,000 retail jobs were cut from the UK high street on Wednesday as the full impact of the pandemic on the high street – combined with the wind-down of the government furlough scheme – starts to emerge.
The latest job losses – from retailers ranging from Harrods to Philip Green’s Arcadia group and SSP, the company behind hundreds of railway and airport eateries – bring the total cuts announced this week to more than 10,000.
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