1.   When competition enters, cutting costs invariably means sacking staff, sometimes to a drastic extent.

2.   ...a palatable way of sacking staff.

3.   Ali said that closing down businesses would make it difficult for the owners to repay their bank loans and force them to sack staff.

4.   Its entire coaching staff was sacked and Brazilian Valdir Vierra was brought in for a play off against Japan.

5.   Its entire coaching staff was sacked and Brazilian Vierra was brought in for a play off against Japan.

6.   MORE Wing On staff might be sacked after an internal sale in mid-May, one of the dismissed sales staff claimed yesterday.

7.   Mr Hui refused to comment if the bank would sack more staff in the future.

8.   Once his Jhalawar plants shut down and his other plans went awry, he simply sacked his staff and relocated to Dubai.

9.   This was the proposal that companies should be banned from sacking staff except in cases of dire economic necessity.

10.   They accused the government of wanting to reduce the rights of millions of workers by making it easier for small firms to sack staff.