Norgren, the engineering company based on Eastern Avenue in Lichfield, Staffordshire, have told their workers that they intend to relocate in the near future. An exact date has not been set for the move which will not take place until 2012 or even later however the news means that the company’s 181 workers now face…
Morfitts, the Leeds building and civil engineering contractors, is to close its contracts division by next summer. According to Morfitts’ management, the decision comes as a consequence of tough trading conditions which have made it difficult to pick up sufficient business to justify operating. As a result of the closure, it seems likely that all 55…
Standard Soap, the Ashby soap manufacturers who have been on Derby Road, Ashby, Leicestershire since 1928, are to close their doors for the last time on January 2nd, 2012, The company, which supplied soaps to supermarkets and famous-name toiletry brands, had been making a loss for several years and this, combined with the loss of…
AC Yule, the Aberdeen-based windows manufacturer, has called in specialist administration firm, KPMG, to try to find a buyer. So far, 211 of the 272 employees have been made redundant with the other 61 being retained to aid the administrators in completing outstanding orders and selling off the company’s assets. KPMG have said that they…
British Polythene Industries (BPI) have told all 49 workers at their site on the enterprise park in Swansea that it is to close. The number of redundancies is not yet certain. Staff were informed yesterday (1st November, 2011) that a 30-day consultation period was beginning with a view to transferring the factory’s business to another…
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…
Springcare Ltd, the Whitchurch-based care home company, has told workers at their Oxton Grange Care Home on Bidston Road, Oxton, Wirral, that their jobs are at risk for ‘financial reasons’. Following the loss of 19 beds, about 35 employees have been advised that they now face redundancy. The elderly patients and their families have been…
Parry Bowen, the building façades company based on the Burntwood Business Park in Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, have suddenly announced that they will be calling in the administrators. Yesterday (Friday, 21st October, 2011), management sent all 150 staff home yesterday following an announcement that the company would be entering administration. Parry Bowen has been engaged on…
Norian Beds who are based on Avon Way, Canal Road Trading Estate, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, closed down last week with all 130 of its staff being told that they were redundant. The firm ceased trading on Monday when staff were told the news and the factory was emptied of its assets by a procession of lorries….
