Computacenter slashes Metrologie staff

Computacenter has issued redundancy notices to about a third of the staff at the recently acquired distributor Metrologie.

Computacenter has issued redundancy notices to about a third of the staff at the recently acquired distributor Metrologie.

About 100 jobs will be lost just two weeks after the reseller giant bought Metrologie from CHS for a figure rumoured to be £2 million.

Mike Jones, general manager of Computacenter Distribution (CCD), said the losses would mostly be in overlapping functions such as administration, warehousing and finance.

He also revealed that CCD will relocate Metrologie from its premises in High Wycombe to a smaller office in the area.

Phil Williams, corporate development manager at Computacenter, said an unknown number of redundant staff could apply for other vacancies within the Computacenter group.

In the US, Craig Toll has resigned as chief financial officer of CHS. Burt Emmer, formerly senior executive responsible for special projects at the distributor, has replaced him in the interim.