JOBS could be at risk at a top department store as company bosses have launched a review over a reorganisation which could result in redundancies.
Bosses at Fenwick, which has a shop in Colchester High Street, say they are looking at modernising the way they run their group of stores with plans to base human resources, IT and finance departments in Newcastle.
No decisions will be made on redundancies until the end of the consultation.
A spokesman for the firm said: “Fenwick has announced a proposal to modernise and reorganise the business, moving to a functionally-led structure while retaining our local focus.
“We are consulting all colleagues about proposed structural changes and it is only at the end of this process that we can confirm how many posts will be made redundant.”
Fenwick bought the iconic Williams and Griffin store in 2008 to add to its national portfolio.
The store had been formed from the merger of ironmonger H E Williams & Co and furnishing store H L Grffin & Co Ltd in April 1963.
From then it took over and merged with other firms as it gradually became a Colchester institution.
Fenwick spent £35 million on a two-year revamp for the store which was completed in September 2016 and the store was eventually renamed.
There are also three Fenwick stores across London, and others in Bracknell, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells and York.
It is understood no stores will be closed as part of the review.
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