Bevan Brittan has confirmed that it has entered into consultation for its third round of redundancies.
26 jobs are at risk, half of them fee earners and half PAs - all of whom will get "in excess" of statutory minimum pay. Which the firm can comfortably afford. Bevan Brittan hasn't always had the easiest time of it since it split from Ashfords back in 2004. But it finally seems to have got over its woes, with partners increasing their PEP by 40% this year to a healthy £286,000.
So why the redundancies? Bevan Brittan is now pretty much exclusively public sector, and with the government taking the axe to countless projects there will inevitably be less work around. So these lay offs, whilst clearly bad news, are perhaps not entirely surprising.
Andrew Manning, the firm's CEO, told RollOnFriday that "with the government’s target to reduce budgets and close projects - such as Building Schools for the Future - we are forced to face the reality and take this difficult decision. We do not want to be in a position where we need to make knee-jerk decisions and we believe acting now will allow us to maintain our strength and, at the appropriate time, to invest in the areas of the business that will secure our long-term future".
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26 jobs are at risk, half of them fee earners and half PAs - all of whom will get "in excess" of statutory minimum pay. Which the firm can comfortably afford. Bevan Brittan hasn't always had the easiest time of it since it split from Ashfords back in 2004. But it finally seems to have got over its woes, with partners increasing their PEP by 40% this year to a healthy £286,000.
So why the redundancies? Bevan Brittan is now pretty much exclusively public sector, and with the government taking the axe to countless projects there will inevitably be less work around. So these lay offs, whilst clearly bad news, are perhaps not entirely surprising.
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Andrew Manning, the firm's CEO, told RollOnFriday that "with the government’s target to reduce budgets and close projects - such as Building Schools for the Future - we are forced to face the reality and take this difficult decision. We do not want to be in a position where we need to make knee-jerk decisions and we believe acting now will allow us to maintain our strength and, at the appropriate time, to invest in the areas of the business that will secure our long-term future".