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Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice 10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice
400 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Dairy Farms of Britain has announced that it is to close its site at Fole in Staffordshire with the loss of 250 jobs and in Portsmouth with the loss of a further 150 jobs.The company attributed the closure of the sites to rising energy costs and falling cream prices. As of 7 December 2008 a date for final closure has not been announced.
Sources
3 December 2008: BBC News
1 December 2008: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB), Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67583, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67583.