Waterstones is preparing to restructure store management and has begun the required consultation with more than 560 employees that will result in an unspecified number of layoffs, the Bookseller reports. In a letter to staff, managing director James Daunt said the current positions of branch manager, assistant manager, general manager and deputy manager will be abolished, replaced with a “bookshop manager” role that will “call on different skills.” Daunt explained: “It is particularly important that we do this because more than ever before our managers will be central to our ability to deliver effective bookshops: the decisions that define the […]
