Upper Crust owner set to axe 5,000 UK jobs

SSP Group who owns Upper Crust are to cut around 5,000 jobs, which is more than half of the UK’s 9,000 workers.

The Group will outline their plans in a statement to the London Stock Exchange after suffering heavy losses due to the pandemic, Sky News reported.

The broadcast said that they have seen a message that was sent to staff on Tuesday revealing the Group are to “reshape” their business.

It added, “From tomorrow, we will be starting a collective consultation on a number of proposed changes to the business.”

The travel food specialist are behind railways stations and airports employs some 30,000 staff globally with 2,500 outlets.