Job cuts | 1 in 3 employers likely to make redundancies by January 2027

A third of employers (33%) are likely to make staff redundancies by the start of next year, a new survey has found.

Acas commissioned YouGov to ask British businesses about their redundancy plans between February 2026 and January 2027. The poll revealed that 46% of large businesses are likely to make redundancies and one in five (21%) small and medium-sized (SME) businesses said that were likely to do so over the same period.