Currys PC World-owner Dixons Carphone to cut 800 jobs
Dixons Carphone has announced a plan to slash 800 jobs as part of an overhaul of its store management structure.
The company, which owns Currys PC World, said it had started to consult with some of its staff as it removes some roles from its stores.
The plan is to change the way its stores are managed to focus on customer service.
Dixons said it would “create a flatter management structure” by taking away “business adviser roles in stores without a business hub”.
It said the changes will make it easier for customers to shop in its stores.
The firm's chief operating officer Mark Allsop said management remains "committed" to its stores and wants to improve services to give a "seamless customer experience".
“As part of this, we want to empower our store leadership teams, create a flatter management structure and make it easy for our customers to shop with us, however they choose," he said.
“Sadly, this proposal means we have now entered into consultation with some of our store colleagues.
"This was not an easy decision and we’ll do everything possible to look after those colleagues we can’t find new roles for, financially and otherwise.”
The latest job losses follow thousands more which have been cut across the UK as businesses struggle to contend with the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier on Tuesday Pizza Express said it could close around 67 of its UK restaurants, with up to 1,100 jobs at risk, as part of a major restructuring plan.
It is become the latest hospitality firm to warn of job losses, after Byron Burger last week announced it was closing 31 of its 51 stores and axing 651 jobs.