The Wilko discount store chain has announced the equivalent of 400 jobs are set to go as it cuts costs in a "fight for survival".
The chain had already announced it plans to cut 95 jobs at its contact centre in Worksop after outsourcing to a company in South Africa. A further 150 assistant store managers are also set to go and there will be a cut in of team supervisors equivalent to a loss of 150 full-time workers.
Mark Jackson, chief executive of Wilko, which is based in Manton Wood Enterprise Park in Worksop, told The Guardian: “We've identified significant changes to the Wilko operating model to enable us to stabilise the business and then thrive again.
