Direct Line confirms office closures in Croydon, Liverpool and London
Direct Line Group has confirmed that almost 500 jobs are to go in Liverpool where the firm is closing its office as part of a wider redundancy programme announced today
Staff across the group were informed at 7am that 2000 roles are at risk of redundancy while members of the executive committee delivered a breakdown of where the axe will fall to individual teams at
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