HMRC office move U-turn keeps hundreds of jobs in city
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed it intends to keep its Bradford office operating until 2027.
In late 2015, HMRC said its Centenary Court site would close in 2020-21, with Bradford staff, including those from other sites, needing to move to its new Leeds Regional Centre at 7 & 8 Wellington Place.
But the organisation has now announced it has decided to keep Centenary Court open, as a “Transitional Site”, until 2027. It said this would help meet its future needs while accommodating a bigger workforce than was anticipated in 2015.
Centenary Court currently accommodates about 840 full time equivalent employees.
“We’ve always said we want as many people as possible to stay with us.
“This change will allow people working in Bradford, and nearby offices like Shipley, to remain working for HMRC longer.”
Bradford Council leader, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, told the Telegraph and Argus newspaper: “Bradford is a bigger city than Liverpool, Newcastle and Bristol and has a large, young workforce.
“It is, therefore, just common sense that Government should change their mind on this issue. We’ll now be lobbying for Government to make this decision permanent.”
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