Sweden based special steel producer Ovako has announced that it will reduce its workforce by some 200 positions in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Notices of redundancy were issued to 134 employees at Hofors, Sweden. Another ...
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Construction company Silcar,which has won a significant slice of the NBN building contract,is set to lay off 160 employees January next year. The company said in a brief statement that it would terminate the employment of 160 staffs after ...
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WELSH Secretary David Jones has been challenged to join the fight to defend the Welsh steel industry in the wake of the devastating job losses in Port Talbot. Aberavon MP Hywel Francis said the Welsh Office should follow the lead of the ...
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Ruukki Construction is to initiate employer-employee negotiations to improve operating efficiency. The negotiations affect a total of 324 employees in operations at the Vimpeli and Alajärvi plants, the building components and ...
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The Government will be urged to intervene and help 117 workers affected by the closure of TATA steel sites in the Black Country and Staffordshire. The Park Road site in Cradley will be closing down. Gavin Williamson, MP for South ...
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NEATH Port Talbot Council has confirmed it will play its part in helping those affected by the TATA job losses. Welsh Liberal Democrat AM for South Wales West Peter Black said that "While I welcome the fact that Tata Steel and the ...
THE political production line went into overtime following yesterday’s announcement. MPs and AMs of all political hues reacted to the news almost as soon as it became public. Aberavon MP Hywel Francis rued it as grim news ...
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