date:Sep 30, 2016
AG Barr is shedding 90 jobs in a bid to save $3.9m (3m) a year, as the UK soft drinks maker reiterates its opposition to the punitive sugar tax.
Pre-tax profits were up 25 percent to 21.1m ($27.4m), helped by AG Barr shutting its defined benefit pension scheme to new members, while revenues dropped 3.6 percent to 125.6m ($163m) in the six months to June 30.
The owner of Irn-Bru and Robinsons squash brands said it is expected to cut 90 jobs, equating to ten percent of its workforce, across comm