1,300 jobs set to go at Yell; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards.

YELLOW Pages directories firm Yell warned it expected to lose another 1,300 jobs from its business over the coming year.

The latest cutbacks will be felt across the company as Yell looks for annual cost savings of pounds 100m by the end of March 2010.

Reading-based Yell reduced its workforce by a similar amount in the last year, but the company said it hoped the majority of the new job losses could still be achieved by non replacement of departing staff. The owner of Yellow Book in the United States and Spain's Yell Publicidad employed 13,900 people in September.

It is likely Yell will look to shift more resources to the internet, which accounted for 15% of total revenues in the six months to September 30.

Chief executive John Condron said the job cuts were in readiness for continued tough trading conditions.