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CMS begins business-services team cuts across UK offices

CMS has begun business-services team cuts across UK offices; the report gives no quantified reduction and does not report solicitor redundancies.

6 October 2026United Kingdomfirm contraction

Legal Business reports that CMS has begun rolling out cuts to UK business-services teams while redesigning them around demand for faster, technology-enabled advice. The article gives no quantified reduction and does not report solicitor redundancies.

Why it matters

This is an operating-model and support-workforce signal for UK firms, not evidence of cuts to fee-earner headcount. No precise implementation date is stated.