Up to 100 jobs at risk after Simplyhealth confirms Bristol switch
Up to 100 jobs could be at risk after Simplyhealth announced it would move all its private medical insurance operations to its Bristol base.
The healthcare provider currently employs 105 people at its Letchworth site.
But Simplyhealth said it has been looking at how best to "align the business, systems and people" and cited the fact that the Letchworth base leads to "duplicate functions".
A spokesperson for Simplyhealth said it is "too early to tell at the moment" how many jobs will be lost during the process.
She said: "What we are doing is entering into a 90-day consultation with employees and look at making a decision after that
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