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206 new jobs in seven IDA Ireland companies nationwide

Seven high growth companies have today announced the creation of 206 jobs in Dublin, Kildare, Sligo and Cork.

H&M's fiscal third-quarter profit that was slightly higher than a preliminary reading and analyst expectations

H&M to close stores as online shift speeds up

H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said today that sales continued to recover in September as it reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that was slightly higher than a preliminary reading and analyst expectations.

Business • 01 Oct 20

Green Rebel Marine to create 80 Cork jobs

Green Rebel Marine, a new business established to service the future needs of offshore wind farms, has announced plans to create 80 jobs in Cork over the next 18 months.

Business • 28 Sep 20

Premier Inn owner Whitbread said it may have to cut 6,000 jobs as it expects demand to stay low

Premier Inn owner Whitbread may cut nearly 6,000 jobs

Premier Inn-owner Whitbread said today it could cut up to 6,000 jobs in its hotel and restaurant business as it expects demand to remain at lower levels in the short to medium term.

Business • 22 Sep 20

15 travel agents submitted a letter to the Government on behalf of travel agents throughout Ireland

Irish travel agents call for Government support

The Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) is calling on the Government to provide supports for travel agents who are struggling as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 09 Sep 20

Regeneron has been in Limerick since 2014, when it took over the old Dell factory in the city

Regeneron to create 400 jobs at Limerick plant

400 new jobs are on their way to Limerick following the announcement by pharmaceutical company Regeneron that it is expanding its operations there.

Business • 02 Sep 20

Tesco said the new roles will include 10,000 pickers to assemble customer orders and 3,000 drivers to deliver them

Tesco to create 16,000 more permanent jobs in UK

UK supermarket group Tesco said it will create an additional 16,000 permanent jobs to support the exceptional growth in its online business and may even increase the number of roles as the lockdown boosted its sales.

Business • 24 Aug 20

Estee Lauder said would cut about 1,500 to 2,000 jobs globally, including point of sale employees

Estee Lauder forecasts profit below expectations

Estee Lauder has today forecast first-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates after posting a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss as travel restrictions and store closures put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus dampened demand for its premium make-up brands.

Business • 20 Aug 20

Arnotts and Brown Thomas re-opened stores in June, however sales remain well below pre-Covid levels

Brown Thomas Arnotts to cut 150 jobs due to Covid-19

The owner of retailers Brown Thomas and Arnotts is to cut 150 jobs due to the impact Covid-19 has had on sales.

Business • 13 Aug 20

The Portlaoise Plaza was originally due to open in May, but was delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

120 jobs announced at Portlaoise Plaza

The Plaza Group will open its seventh motorway service station on Friday, creating 120 jobs in Co Laois.

Business • 27 Jul 20

The new jobs will be based at Amazon's Cork and Dublin sites

Amazon to create 1,000 jobs across Irish operations

Amazon is to create another 1,000 permanent jobs in Ireland over the next two years, bringing its total permanent workforce here to 5,000 people.

Business • 27 Jul 20

Jobs will be cut across sales and hiring divisions of the group globally

LinkedIn consults staff as 960 jobs to go globally

Professional networking site LinkedIn has said it plans to cut about 960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products.

Business • 21 Jul 20

Burberry today reported total retail revenue of £257m in its first fiscal quarter - a drop of 48%

Burberry to cut 500 jobs as demand faces slow recovery

Luxury brand Burberry said today it would cut about 500 jobs globally, as it forecast no quick recovery in demand, particularly from high-spending tourists.

Business • 15 Jul 20

IDA Ireland's CEO Martin Shanahan says it is critical that Ireland remains competitive

IDA Ireland warns of 'challenging' FDI outlook

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has warned that the outlook for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) here over the next two years looks "very challenging", as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt global trade.

Business • 08 Jul 20

Swissport is planning to axe more than 4,000 jobs or about half its UK workforce

Swissport warns Irish staff it may face hard choices

Swissport has told its 900 staff in Ireland that it may be forced to make difficult choices in the coming weeks.

Business • 24 Jun 20

The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted HSBC to set aside $3 billion in bad loan provisions in its first quarter earnings

HSBC revives plan for 35,000 jobs cuts delayed by Covid

HSBC is resuming a redundancy plan it put on ice after the coronavirus outbreak, and will cut around 35,000 jobs over the medium term, a memo seen by Reuters today showed.

Business • 17 Jun 20

EasyJet's chief executive Johan Lundgren said it was a difficult time for the airline

EasyJet axing up to 30% of staff due to virus fallout

UK low cost airline EasyJet said today it planned to cut up to 30% of its staff, or 4,500 jobs, and shrink its fleet, to fit the smaller market that will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 28 May 20

Rolls-Royce said it needs to lay-off at least 9,000 of its 52,000 staff

Rolls-Royce to lay-off 9,000 people due to Covid-19

Rolls-Royce plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs, or more than a sixth of its workforce, in the latest blows to the UK economy and aviation industry dealt by the coronavirus pandemic.

Business • 20 May 20

OVO closed a £500m deal for SSE's retail division in the UK this year

UK's OVO Energy to cut 2,600 jobs, close offices

Britain's second largest energy supplier, OVO Energy, plans to cut 2,600 jobs and close some offices in a restructuring as the coronavirus pandemic had changed the way it engaged with consumers.

Business • 19 May 20

The contractors work in customer service or "Direct Channels" roles for Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland to cut over 100 contractors' jobs

Over 100 contractors working for Bank of Ireland will not have their contracts renewed over the coming months as they expire, the bank has confirmed.

Business • 15 May 20

Ryanair is cutting jobs in its Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw offices

Ryanair cutting 250 jobs across office network

Ryanair said it is cutting more than 250 jobs at its offices in Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw.

Business • 15 May 20

Uber's chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said he won't take his base salary for the rest of 2020

Uber to cut 3,700 jobs, CEO to waive base salary

Uber Technologies will cut about 3,700 full-time jobs and chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi will forgo his base salary for the remainder of the year, the company said today.

Business • 06 May 20

The apprenticeships will be based in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Monaghan, Galway, Wicklow and Waterford

Accountancy apprenticeship to create 150 jobs

150 jobs will be created though a national accountancy apprenticeship programme which allows applicants to work, earn and learn.