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Wetherspoons slashing almost half the staff at its UK airport pubs as 450 jobs lost

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Wetherspoons plans to cut hundreds of jobs at its airport pubs.Staff at Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports will be affected, as the coronavirus crisis hammers demand for air travel.The pub chain has written to 1,000 employees and told them that a possible 400 to 450 positions are at risk of redundancy.Chief executive John Hutson said: "The decision is mainly a result of a downturn in trade in these pubs, linked with the large reduction in passenger numbers using the airports."We should emphasise that no firm decisions have been made at this stage."Wetherspoons is proposing to collectively consult with employees through an employment representative committee, which will be established for this.

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