British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to cut around a fifth of its 47,000-strong workforce this year.
The tobacco giant, which owns cigarette brands including Lucky Strike and Dunhill, is axing 5,500 jobs by the end of this year and will outsource a further 3,500 jobs to partner businesses, meaning 9,000 staff will be affected in total.
There will be no cuts in its operations in the US, where it operates under its subsidiary Reynolds American.
BAT told This is Money it would not provide country-by-country details of jobs affected. It remains unclear how many staff in the UK will have their jobs cut.
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