BIG staff plan protest against planned layoffs at London offices

Employees from the London office of Danish architecture studio BIG are planning to demonstrate today in response to proposed mass layoffs at the firm.

The protests are planned outside BIG's Broadgate office, where up to 72 of the 160-strong workforce are said to be at risk of redundancy.

It follows the termination of a major project at the firm, which employed half of its London staff. Job cuts were first announced to staff in November.

Many employees moved countries for terminated...