Following a review of the current situation and delays in commencement of production, Wales-based hot rolled coil (HRC) producer MIR Steel (formerly known as Alpha Steel) has announced that some of the workforce have been placed on ...
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it has completed employer-employee negotiations, resulting in the cutting of 95 production jobs. The negotiations were initiated in October due to overcapacity and weakened market ...
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Qantas will close its Avalon heavy maintenance facility at the end of March 2014 due to the gradual retirement of its Boeing 747 fleet, making the operation unviable. Qantas Domestic chief executive officer Lyell Strambi said after a ...
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Premier Foods was the subject of media reports surrounding the sale of 100M of its debt and its Hovis brand – as well as seeing a number of its directors quit the company – over the last 12 months. On top of this, the firm had ...
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The MoD plans to commission three new ocean-going Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy in a deal that will sustain jobs in the UK's warship building industry. The new ships, which will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on ...
The Co-operative Bank is to invest another £500m in upgrading its IT systems over the next three years as the Co-operative Group cedes control of its troubled bank to US hedge funds. The news was revealed as the Bank unveiled a ...
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Toyota Australia employees face an uncertain future, with the local manufacturer announcing it is taking “urgent action” in seeking a variation of the terms and conditions of its workplace agreement. The Port Melbourne-based ...
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Troubled smartphone maker has moved to reassure its customers - by writing to them and taking out full-page press advertisements telling them that it isn't going out of business. The letters to key customers and partners, reproduced in 30 ...
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2 Sisters Food Group has confirmed its plan to close Haughley Park roast chicken factory in Suffolk, with the potential loss of up to 430 jobs. 2 Sisters' decision to close the plant puts 430 full-time jobs at risk The firm revealed its ...
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Up to 100 workers at Toyota Australia’s Altona manufacturing plant will be made redundant next month as the local car maker reacts to a drop in export orders. Toyota Australia says reduced demand from export markets has made it ...
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2 Sisters Food, England-based chicken meat processing company, is set to close its chicken-processing plant at Haughley Park, Suffolk on 15 November, leaving 600 jobs at risk. The decision follows consultations with staff and unions to ...
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The announcement of the sale which takes effect from today [1 October] was made jointly in Cincinnati, Ohio where Multi-Color Corporation has its world headquarters and in Glasgow. The current chairman John Watson has been with the ...
GlaxoSmithKline’s sale of Lucozade and Ribena for £1.35bn earlier this month was the latest in a long line of iconic British brand sales topped by Cadbury. GlaxoSmithKline's sale of its drinks brands was the latest in a long ...
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Endexx, a provider of M3Hub technology and the Autospense dispense platform, has entered into a contract with CEN Biotech, a subsidiary of Creative Edge Nutrition. Under the deal, Endexx will provide its proprietary 'Seed to Sale' total ...
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Total intends to invest €160 million before 2016 to adapt its petrochemical platform in Carling, in the Lorraine region of eastern France, and to restore its competitiveness. Total plans indeed to develop new activities on the ...
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