Laing O’Rourke plans to cut 200 staff jobs

Laing O’Rourke has started staff consultations to streamline the UK business with up to 200 jobs losses.
The firm blamed the weakening market and delays in publicly funded jobs for the planned redundancies, which will mainly impact the Dartford head office.
Cathal O’Rourke, group chief operating officer, said: “Since the pandemic the UK market has weakened and we have seen delays to some of the major public works we have geared up for.
“Therefore we need to reduce our ope