Aviva cuts 2,000 staff to become 'more agile'

Nicola Brittain
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Aviva is to reduce its staff numbers by 2,000 over the next six months - a 6% reduction of the global workforce.

Roles will be cut across the UK, Europe and Asia.  Aviva is consulting with employee representative bodies and will provide further information to staff on role reductions as soon as the detail is available. These job cuts are part of a programme to reduce expenses across the business, and will include substantial non-people related savings, according to the company. At Aviva's full-year results published in March 2013, the company announced it has already realised £275m annualised cost savings as part of its target to reduce costs by in excess of £400m. Group chief executive off...

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