Deloitte will close four of its 50 British offices
Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte will close four of its 50 British offices as it reviews its real estate portfolio in the coronavirus pandemic, but will retain the staff on workfrom-home contracts, it said on Saturday. COVID-19 has changed working life for millions of people around the world, many of whom have switched from offices to working from home - reducing demand for office space and prompting companies to opt out of renewing leases.
Deloitte said it would shut its offices in Gatwick, Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton, where about 500 people work. "COVID-19 has fasttracked our future of work programme, leading us to review our real estate portfolio," Stephen Griggs, Deloitte's UK managing partner, said in an emailed statement.
He said all staff based at the four locations slated for closure would continue to be employed by Deloitte under permanent workfrom-home contracts. "Any proposed change is to our 'bricks and mortar', not our presence in these regions", he said. The Financial Times newspaper first reported on the closures. In April, Deloitte said it would be cutting pay for partners at its British businesses by 20% to protect jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
Meanwhile, Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte will close four of its 50 British offices as it reviews its real estate portfolio in the coronavirus pandemic, but will retain the staff on work-from-home contracts, it said on Sunday. COVID-19 has changed working life for millions of people around the world, many of whom have switched from offices to working from home - reducing demand for office space and prompting companies to opt out of renewing leases.
Deloitte said it would shut its offices in Gatwick, Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton, where about 500 people work. "COVID19 has fast-tracked our future of work programme, leading us to review our real estate portfolio," Stephen Griggs, Deloitte's
UK managing partner, said in an emailed statement.
He said all staff based at the four locations slated for closure would continue to be employed by Deloitte under permanent workfrom-home contracts. "Any proposed change is to our 'bricks and mortar', not our presence in these regions", he said. The Financial Times newspaper first reported on the closures. In April, Deloitte said it would be cutting pay for partners at its British businesses by 20% to protect jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
Earlier, As newly appointed national sector leader for its health care practice in the U.S., Michigan native Tina Wheeler manages Deloitte's accounting, auditing and consulting services to large multisystem health care payer and provider clients. Her expertise is audit services, but she oversees 350 partners that deal with mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, divestitures and SEC regulatory reporting.
You've been with Deloitte for 30 years and now promoted to national health care leader responsible for 8,000 employees, 350 partners in dozens of offices in the U.S. What is your day like?
I'm an audit partner by day. I still provide audit services to clients in the provider and payer industries. Two and a half years ago I took over as the West Michigan managing partner.