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Premier foods, the makers of Hovis bread, is to close two factories in Greenford, west London, and Birmingham.
The bakeries will close next year, with the loss of 900 jobs.
Premier, Britain's largest branded food producer, is £1billion in debt and needs to cut costs because of this. It had already announced the closure of its bakery in Eastleigh, Hampshire, and will cut distribution centres in Greenford and Birmingham, as well as in Plymouth and Suffolk.
Electrical retailer Comet will go in to administration next week, putting its 6,500 employees at risk of redundancy.
OpCapita, which owns the company, said it would appoint Deloitte as administrators.
OpCapita bought the company for £2 last year, but sales have suffered during the recession and due to competition from internet sellers.
A number of options are being considered for the 240-shop chain, including liquidation and shop closures or sales.
Car company Ford is to cut 1,400 jobs in the UK.
The jobs will go as the carmaker closes its Transit van plant in Southampton and a stamping plant in Dagenham, East London next year.
Unions estimate the job losses could reach 2,000 as the company is on track to make financial losses of £1.5billion this year.
Ford said it hoped to achieve the cuts through voluntary redundancies and redeployments.
"We will address the crisis in Europe with a laser focus on new products, a stronger brand and increased cost efficiency," said Ford boss Alan Mulally.
34,621 civil service jobs have been lost in the last year according to Office for National Statistics figures.
The number represents 7% of all civil servants, with the job losses coming as the government pushes on with its programme of funding cuts.
The majority of jobs lost, over 34,000, were full time, with only 550 part time staff cut.
Despite the government freezing pay for all public sector staff, average earnings increased by 0.6% over the last year to £23,900 in March 2012.
118 jobs are to be lost at the Paramount pizza factories in Deeside and Salford, Greater Manchester.
The company has been in administration but is still trading, and a number of jobs are being kept at both sites.
Paramount is one of the biggest frozen pizza makers in the UK and a buyer is still being sought for the business.
The loss of a big contract with a supermarket had led to the company's difficulties.
DIY retailer B&Q is to cut 220 jobs at its head office at Eastleigh in Hampshire.
The store chain said that it was offering 'enhanced redundancy packages' to employees who will lose their jobs.
The jobs are to go as part of a restructure of the company, and against a background of reducing profits after a wet summer.
Fraser Longden, from B&Q, said the company recognised "this is a difficult time for everyone".
He said the changes were "fundamental to creating sustainable jobs and the future growth of the business".
Drinks wholesaler Waverley TBS Ltd has made 685 people redundant after administrators failed to find a buyer for the company.
171 jobs have been cut at Felling near Gateshead, with the rest being lost in Hemel Hempstead and Chesterfield.
The administrators, Deloitte, said the company had suffered falling sales as the number of pubs and bars in the UK has gone down.
A spokesman for Deloitte said: "Regrettably, despite our continued efforts, we have been unable to identify a suitable buyer for the business.
2,200 jobs have today been lost at the shop chain JJB Sports.
The chain has been in administration and more than 130 stores could not find buyers.
550 jobs have been saved, however, with 20 stores being bought by Sports Direct, who will reopen the shops under the Sports Direct name.
JJB Sports was one of the UK's biggest sports shops, with over 400 stores in 2007, but the economic downturn and expensive shop leases saw it lose money.
Sports Direct has also bought the JJB Sports name and may continue to use it for online sales.
Ford is to cut hundreds of jobs across Europe, including a number in the UK, although it has not released the final figure.
The European division of the company is likely to lose around one billion dollars this year as the current recession hits car and commercial vehicle sales.
Ford employs around 15,000 people in the UK, and has indicated that the majority of redundancies will be voluntary:
"Ford of Europe expects the programmes to result in the reduction of several hundred salaried positions, but exact figures won't be known for a few months," Ford said.
The Japanese bank, Nomura, is to shed more than 200 jobs in London following a restructuring of its European operations.
Following its buyout of Lehman Brothers bank in 2008, the majority of Nomura's European employees are based in London.
The loss of jobs could prove embarrassing to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, who opened Nomura's new office in April last year and described the company as “one of the world’s leading investment banks”.
