Consignia cuts 2,100 post office managerial jobs

Consignia, the UK’s state-owned post office, announced plans to shed 2,100 jobs, saying it was responding to changes in the competitive environment and advances in technology.

Consignia, formerly the Post Office, said the cuts would be made at managerial level and would not affect front-line staff. The job losses were expected to occur through redundancies and natural wastage.

A further 7,300 staff would also be redeployed over the next few years, the group said.

Consignia spokeswoman, Christine Gregory, said the job losses represented less than one per cent of Consignia’s current workforce of about 200,000.

Ms Gregory could not say where the cuts would occur, but said they were needed to keep the group competitive.

“Competition is coming into the postal market and with constant changes in technology it means you need fewer staff,”she said.

Earlier this month Consignia launched a court action against Hays, a potential competitor, for an alleged breach of its postal monopoly in the UK.
Financial Times