The Coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge of UK employers announce cuts over the past 48 hours, leading to 12,000 jobs lost. Over the past two days retailers and aviation companies including John Lewis and Airbus have announced plans to restructure and let go of thousands of staff members amid the crisis. Wednesday this week saw 6,000 jobs cut from the retail sector alone as Harrods, Arcadia group and SSP Group revealed plans to close stores and lose staff. "Due to the impact of Covid-19 on our business including the closure for over three months of all our stores and head offices, we have today informed staff of the need to restructure our head offices," said Philip Green's Arcadia group. "This restructuring is essential to ensure that we operate as efficiently as possible during these very challenging times." Meanwhile, SSP Group, Harrods, and TM Lewin announced 5,000, 700, and 600 job losses respectively. Across at the aviation sector job losses also continue to hit hard this week.