Closure-hit Index to detail 3,200 job cuts

Staff at axed British catalogue business Index will today discover if their jobs are likely to be among 3,200 to be cut by the chain’s owner Littlewoods.

The company, which plans to close 126 Index outlets and sell the 33 remaining stores to rival Argos, is expected to hold a series of meetings following news yesterday that it planned to pull the plug on the 20-year-old business.