Hi Thank you for the above. I wasn't sure how to start a thread!? I have 2.5 years service so I guess redundancy will apply. Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated.

I work for a facilities management company in Manchester, and the contract I work on (I work in the billing department and interact with the client) has been awarded to a business competitor and we are lead to believe that TUPE applies to us. My question though, as I have found some useful information, and it does look as though the rules apply to our specific circumstances, is, when the contract would have been 'mobilised' into my current employer, it will have been structured in a way that met my company's operational processes. If the company we are TUPE'ing to for example has a centralised financial function, that resides away from the delivery team, does the new company have the right to refuse TUPE on the grounds that they do not require my 'function'? Sorry if I've gone round the houses a bit with this but there are a team of 4 of us and we are concerned that we are not going to be included for this reason? The announcement was made yesterday, so it's very fresh and raw to be honest, we're all a bit in numb/panic mode at the moment so I thought the best place to start would be with our legal rights and to understand the process as best we can. If you can comment or respond, I'd be very grateful.