MAJOR employers in Staffordshire have quarantined staff and banned travel to Mexico in a bid to prevent potentially damaging disruption from swine flu.

They are also advising employees how to stay safe and fine-tuning procedures aimed at ensuring trade can continue if a pandemic hits their workforce.

A number of staff at Leek building society Britannia were recently advised to stay at home as part of quarantine measures and after returning from Mexico, but they are now back at work.

And at Stoke tyre-maker Michelin, staff have been restricted from travelling to the U.S., Canada and Mexico since April 29.

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