The business said that the Covid-19 pandemic had showed it is ready to accelerate a strategy to invest in technological solutions, meaning that it needs to run fewer physical sites. During the pandemic, HSS has pushed its new, online platforms hard - launching a click and collect service and brining homeworking in for staff. HSS Hire employs more than 2,000 people across the UK and runs a couple of hundred branches. (Image: LOUGHBOROUGH ECHO)And the move to remote working and digital services means physical sites - and some of the jobs that come with them - are no longer needed. The company said that despite 145 branches closed, it's now operating operating at better than 90% of its levels last year.

Source: Daily Mirror October 08, 2020 06:42 UTC