Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales; East Wales; Flintshire and Wrexham
Location of affected unit(s)
Maelor
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products

52 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
11 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

First Milk, a cheese packing plant based in Maelor near Wrexham, is to cut over 20% of its staff. The firm, which employs 250 people, has announced it is to make 52 workers redundant as it looks to reduce the volume of cheese that it makes at the site. As of 15 February 2009, no announcement has been made as to when these jobs will be lost.


Sources

  • 11 February 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), First Milk, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68172, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68172.