Hewlett-Packard 'To Cut 1,000 UK Jobs'

Unite claims technology firm Hewlett-Packard is planning to cut 1,100 jobs at the start of 2014 from three UK sites.

The union said the US-based firm will axe 1,124 posts in total from its operations in Bracknell, Sheffield and Warrington.

Staff who work from home would also be affected, Unite said, adding that the company blamed falling demand and reorganisation for the job losses it wants to implement in the first three months of the year.

Unite national officer Ian Tonks said: "For the last five years HP has been addicted to a culture of job cuts in the UK to such an extent that its highly skilled workforce has little faith in the way the company is being managed and will be going forward.

"Unite will be doing everything possible to mitigate these job losses which are a hammer blow to the UK's IT sector and very distressing for employees in the run-up to Christmas."

Unite said 618 jobs could be lost at the Bracknell hub, although the employees work at multiple locations; 483 will go at Warrington and 23 at Sheffield.

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