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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Holly Williams

BP announces further staff cuts amid new AI policy

BP is set to eliminate an additional 1,500 jobs and 1,200 contractor roles across its global workforce by the end of the year, bringing total expected job losses to 6,200 – approximately 15 per cent of its office-based staff.

This figure, up from 4,700 cuts announced earlier this year, signals further potential reductions as the oil giant intensifies its cost-saving drive, partly through artificial intelligence (AI) efficiencies.

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