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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.41 - Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2007
Description
Royal Worcester and Spode announced in November 2006 that 200 jobs would be lost but have now revised the figure to 250.
The cuts, at its factories in Worcester and Stoke-on-Trent, will now take effect in June after passing the original date of January.
A spokesman for the union Unity said the company blamed the increase on adverse trading conditions and the future of manufacturing in Stoke. 'The workers were shocked but weren't surprised by the decision. They had a rough idea when they were told yesterday', Garry Oakes, deputy general secretary for the union.
Up to 160 workers will remain at the factory in Stoke-on-Trent, he added.
The firm was chosen to provide the prime minister's present for the Queen's 80th birthday in the summer.
Josiah Spode began manufacturing his wares in about 1770.
Sources
23 February 2007: BBC News
30 November 2006: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Royal Worcester and Spode, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64979, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64979.
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