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Blakes axes 13 jobs in restructure


BLAKES Holidays has made 13 people redundant following a restructure of the Holiday Cottages Group.



Blakes marketing manager Mike Dean is one of the members of staff to lose his job at the Thomson Travel Group-owned company.



The other positions are in marketing, contracting and support functions.



Holiday Cottages Group managing director Steve Foster said the redundancies were due to job duplication following several years of growth through acquisition.



However, he admitted the downturn in the domestic market had not helped sales.



“Obviously the market has had some influence on the review of the business,” he said.



Thomson said last July domestic bookings were down 8%.



But Foster said the cottages division still remained profitable.


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