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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lauren Almeida

INSANE: Bt cuts almost 8 000 jobs amid sweeping cost saving programme | Rare Historical Photos

BT Group logo with white lettering on the glass front of its global headquarters in Aldgate, east London.
BT’s workforce has fallen to 90,000, excluding staff in its international business. Photograph: BT Group/PA

BT has cut almost 8,000 jobs since the end of March as it pushes ahead with sweeping cost reductions across the business.

The telecoms group said its workforce had fallen by 7,731 to 90,000, excluding staff in its international business, which is being spun out in a joint venture with the US telecoms company Verizon. It had a workforce of about 130,000 people, including contractors, two years ago.

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