One of Britain's biggest carpet retailers is axing more than 25% of its head office staff as it grapples with a protracted downturn in trading. Sky News understands that Carpetright, which is privately owned, notified staff on Tuesday morning that roughly 70 jobs would be lost as part of a cost-cutting process. The redundancies will affect Carpetright's base in Purfleet, Essex, but will not impact on store numbers or headcount in its shops, according to insiders.
You learn something surprising every day, I suppose.
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