Honda are to boost production of their new Civic at their plant in Swindon, Wiltshire through the creation of an additional 500 job vacancies. This will take the number of workers employed at the South Marston plant from 3,000 to 3,500 and production from 100,000 to 180,000 cars a year during 2012. There will also…
Vector Aerospace UK which is based on Imperial Way, Waddon, Croydon, is to move production to Gosport in Hampshire. The closure of the Croydon plant comes after a presence there of 75 years and means that the 129 workers now face redundancy. The reason behind the decision is that the factory’s primary function is the…
Nisha Enterprises are to open up a new sweet-making plant at Livingston in West Lothian following their acquisition of both plant and brands from failed Highland Toffee company, McCowan’s. An estimated 15 to 20 job vacancies are expected to be created when Nisha starts producing the 100-year old ‘Pan Drops’ line, something which could begin…
Jeyes, the cleaning fluids company have warned that there may be as many as 155 redundancies from their Broomfield Industrial Estate, Mold, Flintshire, early in 2012. The company’s management team have said that they will be conducting a review of the possible locations for manufacturing and have warned that one of the consequences may be…
Perfection Foods will be opening a new bakery-factory on the Walsall Enterprise Park, Walsall with the creation of 70 job vacancies. The opening date is currently scheduled for late February or early March 2012 and the new Walsall bakery will sit alongside the chain’s other bakeries in Leicester and Wednesbury. Perfection Foods was established in…
Toyota have set out their latest production details for their plant at Burmaston in Derbyshire. Under the new proposals, approximately 1,500 job vacancies will be created with recruitment to fill the first 500 posts starting as early as summer 2012. The remainder of the job vacancies will then be allocated over the period up to…
Tharsus are now recruiting to fill the 80 job vacancies created by a £690,000 grant from the Regional Growth Fund. The engineering company is based in Blyth, Northumberland, and have said that they will be using the money to take over new 2,800 square metre premises – their third location after Blyth and Hebburn. Tharsus…
HMG Paints, the water-based paint company based at Collyhurst, Manchester, has just been told that they are to receive £1.2m of the government’s £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund. The money will be used to build a 900 square metre extension to the existing production department, allowing HMG Paints to expand its development of waterborne coatings. The news…
Mahle Engineering, the Kilmarnock engine parts company, has said that 60 redundancies may be on the cards as a result of the loss of a valuable, £4m a year, contract with Ford. The contract is to end during 2012/2013 and follows a price increase by Mahle Engineering to reflect the rising costs of labour and raw…
Whirlpool, the global electrical appliances manufacturer based in Michigan, have said that it is to make 5,000 redundancies – that’s a tenth of its workforce as a result of reduced sales and the rising price of raw materials. The news comes despite Whirlpool consolidating its position as the world’s largest manufacturer of white goods and…
