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Weak economy to blame for job cuts
10:03am Friday 22nd August 2008
A MAJOR employer in west Wiltshire has made 14 people redundant blaming the weak economy.
G Plan Upholstery in Hampton Park West, Melksham, has announced 14 redundancies from various departments.
Chief executive Ian Oliver said: "It is due to a combination of increased factory efficiency and a downturn in orders. It's due to the weak economy and a weak outlook - but it's a defensive move rather than a panic one."
He said the company had no plans to makre any further redundancies.
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Alex Zivojinovich, Wiltshire says...
1:56pm Sat 23 Aug 08
Fill in the blanks then. Dont leave us all hanging. Spread your wisdom to the masses quickly!
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walter, wilshur says...
6:56am Tue 26 Aug 08
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Necker, Trowbridge says...
4:48pm Fri 22 Aug 08
I would not be suprised to hear of some MAJOR job losses soon from some major employer locally.
This redundancy spate is going to gather pace and should worry us all.
As things (the economy) get worse this government will consolidate.
It will let the whole country go to pot while protecting the cities and it's powerbases.
You will start hearing of mass investment in cities and central government success stories not inkeeping with the reality of it all while all around these concrete immigration pockets of votes countryfolk suffer.
We are starting to see glimpses now.