Clarity lays off staff

'Handful' of workers made redundant in 2003 planning process

Sun Channel Development partner Clarity has confirmed it has made a "handful" of staff redundant as part of its 2003 planning process.

Last month the firm was quick to play down rumours of job losses (CRN, 16 December). However, it told CRN last week that the cuts had been made in areas that will not affect the day-to-day running of the firm.

Simon Welch, group marketing manager at Clarity, said: "It wouldn't be appropriate to go into detail on the number of staff that have left the firm; we have laid off a handful of people."

Welch said Clarity had a successful 2002 and won a number of contracts, with Nortel, F5 and Legato.

"We are not looking at massive growth this year, so we have had to make sure our overheads are in line with our expected income," he said.

Steve Raby, director of partner sales at Sun, said Clarity is in a strong position. "We have been working with Clarity on this for some time. Many businesses have undergone similar processes recently, due to market conditions."