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More than 100 jobs at risk as DWF looks to make cuts

Tom Cox
Tom Cox
tom.cox@legalease.co.uk
25 April 2025
Financial results

More than 100 DWF staff are at risk of redundancy as the firm looks to cut costs in its commercial services and central services divisions.

The firm is conducting a consultation with 108 employees in the two divisions, with a spokesperson confirming that the firm expects a ‘proportion of these roles to be made redundant’.

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