Gleeson jobs facing the axe

JOBS are under threat at housing and property development group MJ Gleeson after the firm announced office closures and a sweeping restructure as it battles against "exceptionally difficult" trading conditions.

The group said it was scaling down its Hampshire headquarters, closing its Sheffield office and winding down operations in the south of England as part of a restructuring of its Regeneration and Homes business. Some 170 people work in the division and it is understood around a third of the posts face the axe.