A number of former Bevan Brittain back office staff are to be made redundant just three months after transferring to outsourcing company Intelligent Office UK.

The cuts, which are set to see two compulsory redundancies and 13 further voluntary exits, come after 72 secretarial and administration staff were transferred to the support services outsourcing company in December last year.

In a statement confirming the numbers, the firm stressed that Intelligent Office UK is "looking to find opportunities elsewhere in the business with an ideal outcome of zero compulsory redundancies," adding that the total of thirteen voluntary redundancies "might reduce depending on discussions that are ongoing and will be concluded later this week."

The confirmation of the cuts comes after RollonFriday reported last Friday (10 February) that a number of the 72 outsourced staff could lose their jobs.

Back office functions at Bevan Brittan including secretarial work, document production, print and mail room, front of house and records management were taken on by Intelligent Office UK at the end of last year, with CEO Andrew Manning saying at the time that the firm needed to "evolve the traditional operating model of a law firm."

The firm saw revenues slip 9% to just over £34m in the 2010-11 financial year, with Manning attributing government spending cuts to the dip. Despite falling revenues, profits per equity partner increased by 7% to £303,000.