date:Jul 06, 2012
Announcing a 90-day consultation with unions and workers today (July 5), Vion UK chairman Peter Barr said:This is an extremely sad day and one we have strenuously tried to avoid for the past four years, but the huge losses being incurred mean we believe we have no alternative.
Sad day
Every possible step has been taken to secure the future of the business but we are currently losing 79,000 per day at the site, which is clearly unsustainable.
There was significant over-capacity in the UK mea