 At the time of liquidation Carillion employed 18,257 people in the UK.Liquidator PwC began staff consultations over planned redundancies and transfers to new employers.On 2 February 2018, the Official Receiver announced an initial 377 redundancies; a further 994 redundancies were announced during February, 337 in March, 554 in April, 75 in May, 43 in June, 399 in July, and 9 in August, bringing the redundancy total by this date to 2,787 - 15% of the pre-liquidation workforce.