The analyst says the company has to beef up its sales staff to offset turnover.

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The employers' report says they will consider asking staff to pay higher pension contributions, partly to offset the cost of increased longevity.

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The chatty descriptions of different nationalities are offset by the narrator's discovery that an Iraqi cleaner of staff toilets is in fact a qualified doctor.

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That would be offset by the creation of new posts, meaning a total reduction in staff of between 550 and 650.

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He noted that spending initiatives to add staff to digital and other parts of its business will largely offset the spending reduction.

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It has laid off staff in the newsroom and taken other cost-cutting measures to offset a decline in advertising revenue.

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But the boost in income was more than offset by increases in expenditure such as the wage bill for players and other staff.

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This findings are also somewhat offset by the 47% of expected voluntary attrition next year, and greater expenses for building or replacing staff.

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