It seemed a simple enough exercise. After several months not short of redundancy announcements, and firms now reaching the halfway point in their financial year, we wanted to get a comprehensive picture of the intentions of the UK top 50 with regards to job cuts.

Job cutsWith 16 of this group already having announced jobs cuts at some level, resulting in the loss of more than 350 jobs, our main focus was on finding what the rest expected over the next six months.