Ashurst starts out-of-hours worker redundancies Jaishree Kalia8 August 2014Law firm management The past year has seen a number of UK firms scale back their back-office support teams to become more efficient and save costs, with international firm Ashurst being the latest and placing half of its overnight support team in London at risk.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘There’s never been a merger of equals of firms this size’ – what the market thinks about Ashurst Perkins CoieAshurst Perkins Coie: what the data tells us about the deal‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner