St Ives Caerphilly

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South West (England); North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset; Somerset
Location of affected unit(s)
Caerphilly
Sector
Media
58 - Publishing activities
58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
58.1 - Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
210 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 February 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

St Ives Caerphilly a printing factory in south Wales is to close, with the loss of 210 jobs. The company blamed difficult trading conditions and said its plant in Ystrad Mynach had made a £1.8 million loss. Work from the factory, which prints magazines and paperback books, will move to the company's four other plants in the UK. Titles printed by the group, which also has plants in Andover, Peterborough, Plymouth and Roche in Cornwall, have included Harry Potter, Hillary Clinton's autobiography and the book behind the Atkins Diet phenomenon.

Sources

  • 22 February 2005: The Guardian
  • 21 February 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), St Ives Caerphilly, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61147, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61147.