G F Tomlinson plans jobs cuts after losing city council contract

CONTRACTOR G F Tomlinson is downsizing its Birmingham workforce after ending a major partnership deal with Birmingham City Council.

Reports in the property media suggest the firm, which employs around 250 staff across the group, has put 48 jobs at risk at its Birmingham base, which is on Tyburn Road, Erdington.

The firm’s Birmingham office previously benefited from strong work flows from the council’s Birmingham Construction Partnership.

But G F Tomlinson has not been chosen as a preferred partner for its replacement, the Construction West Midlands Framework. Instead work is to go to Mansell, Morgan Sindall, Willmott Dixon and Thomas Vale.

A company spokesman said: “The G F Tomlinson Group is restructuring its operations and has unfortunately taken the decision to reduce the number of staff at its Birmingham office, which will remain open.

“G F Tomlinson Birmingham Ltd will continue to trade albeit at a reduced level to that previously achieved.”