Hundreds of jobs at risk as insurance company reveals restructuring plans

Hundreds of employees could be made redundant as one of the UK’s largest insurance companies revealed plans to close one of its sites and downsize another, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

Aviva plans to save £225m by the end of 2017 and in order to do so, the company will exit its offices in Salisbury by the end of 2016, transferring the work to other parts of the UK. There are currently 450 employees working on this site.

The firm will also close its bases in Stretford and Salford and reduce its presence in Manchester city centre and Dorking.

In a statement, Aviva 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.”

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