We are a small company of 16 employees who have bought another company of 3 employees based about 75 miles away. All 3 have less than 12 mths service. We shall be closing their office and managing the business from our existing offices. We plan to make the 3 redundant. Does TUPE apply here or can we justify dismissal on an economic reason i.e. it is not cost effective to move them 75 miles. Also does the fact that they have less than 12 mths service also allow us to dismiss?
Chris Burgess
