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The number of people out of work in the UK in the three months leading up to September jumped by 140,000 to 1.82 million - the highest in 11 years.

How is West Yorkshire's job market being affected? This page will be updated with the latest figures for job losses (and any gains) which the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has been made aware of across Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield and Calderdale.

If you have information about a company that has shed jobs (or, indeed, created jobs) in Bradford, Kirklees, Wakefield or Calderdale and that are not already featured on this page, you can use the form at the bottom to tell us more...

January 2009

JOBS LOST:

65 lost at Huddersfield engineering firm Thomas Broadbent and sonsΜύ

Music retailer Zavvi shedding total of 28 jobs in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Yorkshire area through closure of its stores in Castleford, Huddersfield, Mansfield, and York.

Children's clothing retailer Adams is closing its shops in Leeds, Wakefield, Chesterfield, Doncaster and Mansfield, meaning about 40 redundancies.

Sylvania Lighting in Baildon axing 200 jobs and transferring production to India

Eight Woolworths stores in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Yorkshire area closed on Tuesday - the final ones in the country to close - putting around 250 people out of work this week.

JOBS GAINED:

Aldi hope to create about 450 jobs with the opening of 18 stores and a distribution centre in Yorkshire

And the Greggs bakery chain plans to create more than a hundred jobs by expanding in the region.

December 2008

The home shopping company Redcats UK has warned that 130 jobs could go at its sites in Bradford and Wakefield.

November 2008

25 job losses with the closure of the Ponden Mill store at Stanbury near Keighley.

October 2008

370 jobs are secured and over 100 jobs could be created by West Yorkshire vehicle rental broker, Nexus Vehicle Rental which has acquired the vehicle rental arm of FMG Support Limited which has its headquarters in Huddersfield.