Third of employers ‘likely to make staff redundancies by start of 2027’

The poll by Acas indicated that a third of businesses are considering redundancies by the start of next year (Alamy/PA) -

One in three employers are likely to make staff redundancies by the start of next year, new research suggests.

A survey of 1,000 businesses by the conciliation service Acas found that larger ones are more likely to lay off staff than smaller firms.