More jobs go at Grattan

GRATTAN, the Bradford-based mail order firm, has confirmed it is to shed another 160 jobs.

The jobs will be cut from its distribution centre in Listerhills, which employs around 700 workers.

Grattan said the move follows a decision to start sourcing clothing and fashion products from Germany.

In January, Freeman Grattan Holdings (FGH) announced that its Bradford call centre would be closed with the loss of 800 jobs.

A spokesman said that no redundancy notices had been issued in the latest round of job cuts and that a period of consultation had been launched.

Earlier this year the firm, which is owned by the Germany-based Otto Group, announced that 1,000 jobs in total would go from Bradford in an attempt to keep the company afloat as the habits of shoppers change.

At the time of the announcement FGH employed 3,800 workers in the UK, with 2,500 of them based in Bradford.