Consumer Discretionary — headcount changes

Year-on-year headcount change for Consumer Discretionary companies that file detailed accounts. A structural signal from filed accounts — not a live jobs feed; figures lag the present by roughly 12–24 months.

Fastest-growing Consumer Discretionary teams · 2026

By year-on-year headcount growth — companies of 20+ staff

# Company Headcount Growth Trend Cost/head
01 MERSEY VIEW LEARNING TRUST 143 566 +296% £45k
02 UBISOFT LIMITED 44 174 +295% £47k
03 THE PEOPLE'S LEARNING TRUST 65 250 +285% £32k
04 WHITE DESERT LTD 25 94 +276% £12k
05 BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST 37 136 +268% £5k
06 MOTEL ONE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 25 89 +256% £33k
07 LEARNING FOR LIFE TRUST 89 296 +233% £39k
08 PLANET EDUCATION NETWORKS LTD 203 661 +226% £33k
09 ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS 296 958 +224% £41k
10 GATEWAY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 209 676 +223% £30k
11 RYCLIFF CARS LIMITED 52 168 +223% £51k
12 OLR HOLDINGS LTD 21 65 +210% £40k

Sharpest Consumer Discretionary headcount cuts

By year-on-year headcount decline — talent likely coming onto the market

# Company Headcount Change Trend Cost/head
01 SP FILM PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 306 29 -91% £40k
02 ACCENT CATERING SERVICES LIMITED 926 98 -89% £249k
03 GSR UK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 522 63 -88% £57k
04 E&E INDUSTRIES (UK) LIMITED 501 62 -88% £51k
05 MSSL (GB) LIMITED 374 50 -87% £51k
06 TRAVEL CHOICE OVERSEAS LIMITED 196 30 -85% £3k
07 GLAXOSMITHKLINE EXPORT LIMITED 228 35 -85% £91k
08 RETAIL MERCHANT SERVICES LIMITED 122 21 -83% £65k
09 SPLENDID RESTAURANTS (HARLAND) LIMITED 875 181 -79% £64k
10 SHARIEF GROUP LIMITED 844 193 -77% £111k
11 MAGNA EXTERIORS (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED 262 65 -75% £51k
12 GIRAFFE CONCEPTS LIMITED 619 157 -75% £20k

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Headcount drawn from each company's two most recent sets of filed accounts. Companies below 20 staff in either year are excluded, and growth above +300% is treated as a scale or scope artefact and dropped. Figures carry the usual iXBRL / PDF extraction caveats. Snapshot 2026-05-01.