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Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
380 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
11 September 2008
Foreseen end date
12 September 2008
Description
Faccenda, a company that operates in the food manufacturing sector, has closed its factory in Sutton Benger near Chippenham in Wiltshire. The factory produced chicken products and all 380 staff lost their jobs on Friday 12 September 2008. The company attributed the closure to rising costs of fuel and chicken feed.
Sources
11 September 2008: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Faccenda, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67083, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67083.