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Aviva to cut hundreds of Manchester jobs

In an attempt to deliver £225m of annual savings by the end of 2017 Aviva is closing two sites in Manchester and dramatically reducing the staff numbers in a third Manchester site.

Its sites in Stretford and Salford will be closed in the next eighteen months and there will be a reduced presence in its Manchester city centre office.

Aviva will keep its core locations in Bristol, Norwich, Perth, Sheffield and York with specialist trading sites kept at Belfast, Birmingham, Bishopbriggs, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Croydon, Dorking, Exeter, Isle of Man, Eastleigh, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Southend and Worthing.

Its headquarters will remain in London

In a statement issued today on its website the company said: “We appreciate this is disappointing and difficult news for some of our employees and we are helping our people through this process, providing a range of support and advice, and consulting with employee representative bodies about these changes.

“The changes will happen between now and the end of 2016 and we will look to minimise the impact by offering redeployment opportunities where possible.

“The UK is an attractive insurance market and is critical to Aviva’s success.

“Today’s announcement is part of our long-term strategy to become more efficient and strengthen our position as the leader in our home market.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sophia Taha .