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Thomas Cook cuts: the full coverage

Thomas Cook announced on Wednesday that it intended to close 195 Co-operative Travel and own-brand stores as part of a restructure which would result in the loss of 2,550 jobs across its back-office and retail operations.


Here is a round-up of Travel Weekly’s stories as they broke:


Wednesday, March 6


Thomas Cook to cut 2,500 jobs



Cook Co-op merger made latest restructure ‘more painful’



Cook’s woes reflect move away from the high street, says Speakman



Scale of redundancies will be ‘a blow to Cook’s morale’



Hays Travel eyes Thomas Cook shops under threat



More than 900 retail jobs to go, Thomas Cook reveals



Thursday, March 7



Thomas Cook staff talk of shock and anger at store closures



Trade union anger at scale of Cook job cuts

Don’t give up hope, recruitment specialists tell Cook staff



Midcounties to target Cook stores to ‘keep Co-op brand alive’


Friday, March 8


Independent Travel Experts actively targeting Cook recruits


Thomas Cook job cuts are necessary, says expert


Monday, March 11


Travel Counsellors targets Cook employees with ‘discovery days’


 


For more coverage and reaction to the story, go to travelweekly.co.uk.

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