Everything Everywhere to close 31 stores
Everything Everywhere is planning to close 31 T-Mobile and Orange stores in the UK and replace them with combined Everything Everywhere stores that sell both mobile networks.
The store closures will result in the loss of 28 retail management roles.
In addition, a head office restructure will see a further 67 jobs cut although the company said 50 new office-based roles will be created for which staff affected by the redundancies will be encouraged to apply.
An Everything Everywhere spokesperson said: “We have proposed to staff that we will be consolidating a small number of our Orange and T-Mobile stores in locations where it makes sense to do so. These proposals would see the consolidation of Orange and T-Mobile sites into single Everything Everywhere stores in 31 towns.
Never Miss a Retail Update!“We have also announced proposed organisational changes for our HQ retail department to deliver a new phase in retail which will focus on accelerating the company’s objectives of delivering the best network and service. As a result of the proposed new structure, regrettably, 67 retail head office roles are impacted.
“The new structure will help retail become more agile, efficient and ensure that, as a business, we are even closer to our customers’ needs. As part of the restructure we are also creating more than 50 new roles and we are hopeful that some of the individuals at risk will re-apply within the business.”
Ben Bellamy from the Propspect Union said: “While these job cuts are due to company strategy post merger and not financial difficulties, they still leave highly skilled sales staff out of work during an extremely difficult time for Britain’s high streets.
“This will cause great uncertainty and worry for those members affected. We welcome the commitment from the employer to redeploy staff where possible and their encouragement for affected staff to move to non-retail roles, bringing their front line skills into back office roles.”
The planned job cuts are subject to a 90-day consultation period.
Everything Everywhere currently operates 750 stores in the UK and employs more than 5,000 people in its retail team.
