THE Yates Group has axed 37 jobs at its headquarters in Manchester Road, Bolton. Redundancies were announced earlier this month as part of a restructuring exercise at the famous Wine Lodges company.

A spokesman has confirmed that there will be 27 compulsory and 10 voluntary job losses, reducing the workforce from 180 to 143. The company, which has had two profit warnings this year, is also in the process of selling 18 of its under-performing wine lodges.

This year's financial results are due to be announced in November.