It has been revealed that health and beauty retailer Boots will be carrying out a voluntary redundancy scheme as the company plans to scrap 500 HQ jobs.
First announced in June last year, Boots’ initial plan was to get rid of 700 “eligible” field and head office staff during the course of three years due to “cost restructuring” from its parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Currently, 200 staff have already walked away from the retailer via “natural attrition”, redeployment and redundancy. Staff that are still with Boots have been informed that they can now apply for a redundancy package from November.
Commenting, Boots said: “We are committed to supporting our colleagues through this process and remain fully committed to Nottingham as one of the largest employers in the area.”
As well as head office and field staff, Boots reported in February that it also plans to cut around 350 assistant store manager vacancies.
