Genting Casinos has announced that up to 1,642 employees in the UK could face redundancy despite plans to reopen venues.

Colleagues at risk currently remain on furlough and it hopes to bring them back at a later stage Genting announced.

Despite the ongoing uncertainty in relation to when we may be able to open our doors again, we are continuing to prepare for our re-opening - albeit with significant changes being implemented to our physical premises and to our operating model," said a Genting spokesman. "In light of these changes, we are having to make some heart-breaking decisions about the future of the business and it is with huge regret that job losses are simply unavoidable.

Genting Casinos Spokesperson