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Hundreds of jobs threatened at Boots HQ

Published
Feb 28, 2019

Boots has placed about 350 roles at its head office in Nottingham in redundancy consultation amid major plans to streamline the business and become more agile.


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About 800 employees at the headquarters are understood to be involved in consultations over the beauty retailer’s future, according to local media reports.

A spokesperson for Boots, which is one of the UK’s largest health and beauty retailers, said the company wants to create “smaller and more agile teams” to improve its ability to meet ever evolving consumer demands.

Seb James, managing director for Boots in the UK and Ireland said: “Like all retailers, we are operating in a new environment in which customers need us to move faster and recognise that they want to shop differently.

“Boots has a powerful brand presence, 63,000 amazing colleagues, and the trust and loyalty of the people who shop with us across all our channels. These things make us very strong, but not immune to change, and the change we announce today will help assure the long-term future of this remarkable 170-year-old company.

“The vast majority of head office roles will be unaffected, and we intend to make sure that the number of people concerned is minimised through redeployment, natural attrition, flexible working and other measures.”

A 45-day consultation with affected staff is expected to start at the end of March.

With over 2,485 stores in the UK, the firm makes £7 billion in annual sales.

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