Asda to axe 475 jobs and orders staff back to the office three days a week

Asda has confirmed it volition axe 475 roles astatine its caput offices successful Leeds and Leicester successful a large update confirmed contiguous by the supermarket giant

Asda is axing 475 roles astatine its caput offices successful Leeds and Leicester - and has besides told unit that they indispensable travel successful for a minimum of 3 days a week from January.

The supermarket reportedly announced the alteration - which volition use to its Asda House and Britannia House sites successful Leeds, arsenic good arsenic the George House tract successful Leicester - successful an interior email to staff. A spokesperson told The Telegraph "this attack brings america successful enactment with our competitors" to "build high-performing teams with a collaborative culture".

A spokesperson from Asda said: "The changes which are being communicated contiguous volition effect successful 475 colleagues being made redundant astatine our caput offices successful Leeds and Leicester. In addition, fixed-term contractors who are moving connected our IT translation task volition besides permission implicit the people of the adjacent fewer months arsenic this task finishes."

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