Vodafone cuts back-office jobs

Mobile phone giant Vodafone is to cut 375 jobs across its business from this month, it has been announced.The telecoms company said the roles affected, which make up 4 per cent of the UK workforce, would be primarily in back-office positions. Vodafone’s headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire, where 3,000 employees work, is expected to bear the brunt of the restructure. The redundancies are part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme undertaken by the group in the last year as it looks to improve its fortunes.