Category: BT Group

BT to Cut up to 55,000 Jobs by 2030 Amid Shift to AI

May 18, 2023
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The UK’s largest broadband and mobile provider will cut up to 55,000 jobs—more than 40 percent of its workforce—by the end of the decade amid plans to shift to artificial intelligence (AI) and automated services. Telecoms giant BT Group has around 130,000 employees but said it plans to reduce that number to between 75,000 and…

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Royal Mail Workers Stage 2nd Strike in Pay Dispute

August 31, 2022
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Union members at Royal Mail have walked out on strike again in a dispute over pay, with further industrial action planned. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said more than 100,000 workers had taken part in the strike on Wednesday, making it the biggest strike of the summer. This follows a walkout on Aug. 26. The…

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UK Competition Watchdog Launches Investigation Into TV Sport Broadcasters

July 13, 2022
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Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into several sports broadcasters and said it had “reasonable grounds” to believe BT, ITV, Sky, and IMG Media might have broken the rules on competition. IMG Media owns Premier League Productions, which produces syndicated coverage of England’s elite football clubs to viewers worldwide. In a statement on…

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UK Telecom Network Faces Disruption as BT Employees Vote to Strike

July 1, 2022
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Britain’s telecommunications network will face disruptions as workers at telecom giant BT Group (BT) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay. The company is facing the first national strike since it was privatised in the 1980s, after members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at BT and its wholly-owned…

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