Redundancy | How many UK jobs were lost to business administration in 2019?

2019 was a turbulent year for the retail and customer-facing service industry.

Whilst sector-leading industry giants such as Tesla, John Lewis and Debenhams have announced store and plant closures and worker redundancies, others such as HMV, Thomas Cook, Patisserie Valerie and Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain have been forced into administration – putting thousands of jobs at risk, or into redundancy.