250 dairy jobs axed
MORE than 250 jobs are being axed after a dairy company became the latest victim of the economic downturn.
Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB) has announced it will close its Fole dairy, near Uttoxeter, with the loss of 246 jobs and up to 15 more will be cut from its head office near Nantwich.
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Dairy Farmers of Britain axe 250 jobs at Fole, near Uttoxeter
The company said it had been hampered by cream prices, which have nearly halved in 12 months, while energy bills have risen to "unprecedented" levels.
It is cutting up to 640 jobs across the UK in total, including in Portsmouth, Cheshunt, Leeds and Lincoln.
For more on this story, see The Sentinel tomorrow.
3 Comments
by Looby Loo, Stoke, stoke
Saturday, November 29 2008, 1:10AM
“i have met some of the hard working people there only today some have been there for 30 years and i know that new silos or not they do not deserve to be put out of work. Good luck to them all in finding something new. x”
by anon, S-o-T
Friday, November 28 2008, 6:34PM
“No wonder the company has financial difficulties - they have no economic sense. It might have been an idea to decided they were closing the site before the spent so much money on it. It's not that long ago that the were fighting local opposition to gain planning consent to erect 2 silos; then, so soon after building these and other improvements, they are closing the site. Madness: if they had employed a bit more financial common sense maybe some of the jobs, that are being lost across the country, could have been saved.”
by anon, S-o-T
Friday, November 28 2008, 6:28PM
“No wonder the company is struggling - seems that they have no financial no-how: if they can invest so heavily in the Fole site and then close it. Madness on the part of the financial big wigs. They have only just erected 2 silos that they had so many locals oppose and complain to the planning authorities about.”