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PSA to Increase Production at Luton Plant Despite Brexit Uncertainties
Apr 8, 2018Groupe PSA is investing in Luton facility in the UK to manufacture a new Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro by 2019. The company said the success of its light commercial vehicle strategy needs further manufacturing capacity and the investment in Luton ...
Tags: Groupe PSA, Brexit Uncertainties
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JLR to Cut Production at Halewood Plant Amid Brexit Uncertainty
Jan 29, 2018Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is cutting down production at its Halewood plant, amid Brexit uncertainty and concerns over the future of diesel vehicles. The company said that it is a temporary move and does not affect any of the ...
Tags: Tata Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Brexit
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2 Sisters Food Group to Close Smethwick Poultry Plant in UK
Jun 7, 20172 Sisters Food Group is closing its Smethwick poultry plant in the West Midlands, UK, which will result in the loss of several jobs. The 2 Sisters Food Group, which is owned by food tycoon Ranjit Boparan, revealed that the poultry factory ...
Tags: 2 Sisters Food, poultry
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HP Is to Axe 1,124 UK Jobs at The Start of 2014 in a Move
Dec 5, 2013HP is to axe 1,124 UK jobs at the start of 2014 in a move that union Unite claimed was a result of "a long-term addiction to a culture of job cuts". The systems giant is cutting 29,000 jobs worldwide - some eight per cent of its workforce ...
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New Addition Will Operate as Part of Essentra's Packaging and Securing Solutions Division
Nov 8, 2013The new addition will operate as part of Essentra's packaging and securing solutions division. Dakota is a supplier of cartons to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. For the year ended September 2013, Dakota generated revenue of ...
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Series of Strikes That Were Scheduled to Start in Yorkshire and Scotland
Aug 9, 2013The improved offer came after talks in Leeds that finished in the early hours of the morning (Friday 9 August) between Unite, the country's largest union, the GMB union and the management under the auspices of the conciliation service Acas. ...
Tags: Packaging machinery, Packaging
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Union Unite Claimed Victory for Spearheading The Campaign
Aug 5, 2013Strike action has been averted at Molson Coors' Burton-on-Trent brewery in an eleventh hour pay deal, with union Unite claiming victory for spearheading the campaign. Workers had previously voted by 97% in favour of a strike at the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Britvic Planned to Cut Its Operational Costs by £30M , But Came as a "Bitter Blow"
Jun 5, 2013Britvic's announcement last month that it planned to cut its operational costs by £30M by closing factories at Chelmsford, Huddersfield and a warehouse in Belfast may have been well received by City analysts, but came as a "bitter ...
Tags: Britvic, Job losses, Agriculture&Food
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Bernard Matthews Blamed Pressure of Rising Commodity Prices for Putting 55 Jobs
Jun 4, 2013Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has blamed the pressure of rising commodity prices for putting 55 jobs under threat at its cooked meats site in Great Witchingham, Norfolk. Rising input prices have put 55 jobs under threat at Bernard ...
Tags: Turkey processor, Bernard Matthews, Job cuts
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2 Sisters Proposed Creation of a Second Shift, Which May Create More Than 200 Jobs
May 2, 20132 Sisters Food Group has proposed the creation of a second shift at a Welsh chicken processing site it bought from Vion, which could create more than 200 jobs. 2 Sisters may create 200 chicken processing jobs in Anglesey The food ...
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The Silvercrest Factory Has Been Sold by Its Parent Company Abp Food Group to Kepak Group
Apr 22, 2013The Silvercrest factory in the Irish Republic that sold burgers contaminated with horse DNA to Tesco, Burger King and the Co-operative Group, has been sold by its parent company ABP Food Group to Kepak Group. ABP has sold its Silvercrest ...
Tags: ABP, Agriculture, Food
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Carling Management Faces an Impending "High-Speed Collision" Over "Severe Pay Cuts"
Apr 16, 2013A representative of the union Unite has warned that Carling management faces an impending “high-speed collision” with brewery workers over the “very severe pay cuts” and “radical changes to shift ...
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Diageo Is Planning to "Take 80 Roles out of The Business" in Scotland
Mar 25, 2013Diageo is planning to "take 80 roles out of the business" as it restructures its management operations in in Scotland. Diageo is reviewing it Scottish operations The company said that a global supply and procurement review of its ...
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Uncertainty Hangs Over The Future of 112 Silvercrest Workers
Feb 5, 2013Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to the union Unite. 112 Silvercrest plant workers have been suspended with ...
Tags: Silvercrest workers, Burger King, Tesco, Meat Contracts
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2 Sisters Is a Growing Company Will Be Creating 500 Jobs
Dec 10, 2012In a ballot today (December 7) by the union Unite, around 1,200 workers voted to stage three days of 24-hour strikes in a protest over pay, working conditions and a culture of alleged bullying. Andrew Hanson, head of ...