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This
Month’s Business
Round-Up
Building Adhesives is to shed up to
19 of the 190 jobs at its tile adhesives factory in
Trentham. Building Adhesives, Longton Road, Trentham,
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8JB Tel: 01782 591100 http://www.bal-adhesives.co.uk/ ....................................... Denby, the
Derbyshire-based pottery with 600 staff, has appointed
BDO Stoy Hayward to conduct a strategic review, which
could lead to a sale or merger. Denby, Denby,
Derbyshire, DE5 8NX Tel: 01773 740700 http://www.denby.co.uk/ ....................................... Jaguar Land Rover is
to shed 850 IT and engineering jobs at its sites in
Castle Bromwich, Solihull, Whitley and Gaydon by the end
of the year. Jaguar Land Rover, Banbury Road, Gaydon,
Warwick, CV35 ORR http://www.landrover.com/ ....................................... BMW is to shed 290
agency jobs at its Mini cars factory in Oxford, having
decided to cut its Friday late shift in January. BMW,
Ellesfield Ave, Southern Ind Est, Bracknell, RG12
8TA Tel: 0870 5050160 http://www.bmw.co.uk/ ....................................... Premier Farnell is
to shed about 300 jobs at its Leeds-based electronic
components business, in order to help reduce costs by
£12m a year. Premier Farnell, 150 Armley Road, Leeds,
LS12 2QQ Tel: 0870 1298608 http://www.premierfarnell.com/ ....................................... Tarmac Topfloor is
to close its concrete products factory in Derbyshire
with the loss of 62 jobs, in order to transfer
production to Norfolk. Tarmac Topfloor, Weston
Underwood, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 4PH Tel: 01332
868400 http://www.tarmactopfloor.co.uk/ ....................................... Rolls-Royce is to shed 150 of the 1,100 jobs
at its aircraft engine servicing plant in East
Kilbride. Rolls-Royce, 65 Buckingham Gate, London,
SW1E 6AT Tel: 020 72229020 http://www.rolls-royce.com/
....................................... Shanks
has unveiled plans to build a £20m household waste
recycling plant at Hespin Wood near Carlisle by 2012,
with the creation of 23 jobs. Shanks, Astor House,
Station Road, Bourne End, Bucks, SL8 5YP http://www.shanks.co.uk/ ....................................... Yeo
Valley is to shed up to 100 of the 250 jobs at its
Cannington dairy in Somerset. Yeo Valley, The Mendip
Centre, Rhodyate, Blagdon, Somerset, BS40 7YE Tel:
01761 462798 http://www.yeovalleygroup.co.uk/ ....................................... EWS
is to shed 530 jobs at its Doncaster-based rail freight
business, due to a fall in demand for the transport of
steel and cars. EWS, Lakeside Business Park, Carolina
Way, Doncaster, DN4 5PN Tel: 0870 1405000 http://www.ews-railway.co.uk/ ..................................... |