Up to 50 workers could lose their jobs after an express delivery company announced its Wimbledon depot was closing down after 20 years.

City Link, in Deer Park Road, is moving its services to nearby depots from August 9.

The company said the decision was part of its ongoing restructuring programme.

A spokesman for City Link said: “The company has made this decision as part of a number of strategic changes City Link is making within its depot structure in order to maximise operational efficiencies for its customers and improve business performance through the utilisation of spare capacity.

“The company has now commenced a formal consultation period with staff.

“However, City Link is committed to ensuring that redundancies will be kept to a minimum by redeploying employees into roles in other City Link locations.”