Bantock House Museum redundancy rumours are denied
Council chiefs have categorically denied a claim that all staff at the historic Bantock House Museum have been made redundant as part of a bid to make the venue more profitable.
The house, threatened with closure last year as part of council savings proposals, has had a staffing restructure which has seen Civic Hall bosses being brought in to run it.
But the local authority has insisted that only one staff member had left her post, with the museum's curator having taken voluntary redundancy.
Wolverhampton City Council spokesman Paul Brown said: "The council categorically denies that staff at Bantock House Museum have been told they are being made redundant, as has been claimed.
"It is correct to say that there was a recent restructure of staffing at Bantock House Museum, which saw the former curator take voluntary redundancy and a new structure introduced on April 1.
"As a result of this restructure a boarder programme of activities has been developed which has increased visitors.
"The council is working hard to improve the visitor offer at Bantock House Museum and Park in order to reduce the subsidy it requires from taxpayers."
Last year a campaign was launched to save Bantock House when it came under threat of closure under council plans to save £197,000 over five years.
Joanne Preen, who started the Save Bantock House campaign, said:
"It's good news that people aren't being made redundant despite the rumours."
