Image via The PIE News
British Council: Layoffs
British Council plans to cut approximately 25% of workforce (alongside closure of 11 country offices) to manage £197m pandemic-related debt. Already reduced headcount by 2,110 FTE since April 2021; further redundancies signalled as part of turnaround plan. Organisation not expected to return to profitability until 2029/30.
Source: The PIE News
The leadership read
Workforce moves like this mark the contracting side of consulting hiring conditions.
Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 98.5 (Neutral), down 1.5 on the prior month; EMEA hiring signal is running steady (-1.1pts).
British Council: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Consulting median of 1 across 40 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 64 days.
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