6. Proposal to cut over 1,000 staff causes “utter shock” – 10 December 2025
Just a week later came the news everyone was dreading, although the scale of the carnage was perhaps even worse than feared.
Exertis UK employees told us of their “utter shock” and sadness after being informed of its plans to cut headcount by over 90%.
According to multiple employees that contacted us, staff were formally told of proposals to cut headcount from around 1,200 to just 130.
“The mood was utter shock and stunned silence across the business when we were told of the size of the business we would become,” one said, talking under the condition of anonymity.
The cuts related only to the Exertis UK Business & Consumer and Supplies businesses (and not other businesses in scope of the AURELIUS deal, namely the Irish business and its UK brands that fall under its control such as Hypertec, Ztorm and MTR).
Our exclusive news story was quickly parroted by a wide number of news outlets, with even the BBC and a local MP weighing in on events.
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