Restructure - The People Factor

CASE STUDY
CASUAL DINING GROUP
Restructure

Casual Dining Group operates some of the UK’s favourite restaurant brands, including Las Iguanas, La Tasca, Bella Italia and Café Rouge. With over 300 restaurants nationwide and employing around 8,000 people, it’s one of the largest casual dining businesses in the UK.

WHAT THEY NEEDED

Location – UK
Sector – Casual Dining Restaurants
Client Since – 2015

WHAT THEY NEEDED

THE HR
CHALLENGE

CDG approached us to help them restructure the business, with the main challenge being to make it run more efficiently.

HOW WE HELPED

HOW WE
HELPED THEM

Our focus here was on delivering an effective and workable strategy. Specifically:

We prioritised gaining board members’ buy-in which was critical for making progress and achieving significant change.
We reviewed the existing business structure to establish headcount and costs, including renumeration, benefits, NI and the projected cost of change.
We updated organisation charts and compiled detailed supporting datasheets to outline how these would work in a range of scenarios.
We worked closely with the FP&A team to map out different restructure options.
We assessed savings versus cost, together with restructure incidentals such as new premises and office space, and new role salary increases and recruitment costs.
We advised on and directed the timing and announcement of the restructure, including all internal and external meetings and PR communications.
On implementing the change programme and new structure, we ensured that all employees understood their new roles and that their responsibilities matched their job descriptions. We also organised team-building events to ensure that they felt settled and secure within the new set-up.