Management consultancy
Accenture is cutting 300 to 400 jobs, many of which could be IT
jobs.
The firm confirmed it would be
making redundancies, but said the consultation process would
determine whether they are from the systems integration and
technology unit or other parts of the business.
It said the cuts are an attempt to "balance the skills of our
workforce" rather than a response to worsening economic
conditions.
A spokesman for the firm said, "Managing supply and demand of
our resources remains a top priority. We are taking steps in the UK
to balance the skills of our workforce against client needs.
"Given this, we expect a workforce reduction of approximately
300-400 people in certain skill sets where we have excess capacity.
Those who could potentially be affected have been notified.
“This is about rebalancing our UK headcount, we continue to hire
at the same time. It is not necessarily the case that we will be
300-400 fewer in the UK.
"We continue to recruit in the UK for other skills in which we
need additional capacity to meet demand."