HMRC has issued a statement on rumours of redundancies at its newly-opened Nottingham tower. HMRC and its cleaning service provider Sodexo have released statements after anonymous sources claimed more than 20 redundancies would be made at Unity Square, next to Nottingham train station on Queensbridge Road.
HMRC says extra cleaners had been employed by suppliers Sodexo at their nine-storey office building, which opened in April, to carry out an enhanced cleaning service introduced in response to the Covid pandemic. But Government guidance now no longer requires HMRC to provide enhanced cleaning services.
As a result Sodexo said it would have to review its "current structure and the realistic demand for our services". A spokesperson for HMRC said: “Extra cleaners have been employed at our Unity Square office by our facilities management suppliers Sodexo, to enable them to deliver the enhanced cleaning service introduced in response to the pandemic. This enhanced cleaning regime, which was temporarily implemented in our buildings, is no longer required.
