I read it in the daily Telegraph : steel yourself
Ta Ta to Tata
Tata confirms 1,050 more jobs to go as steel crisis intensifies - Telegraph
hardly a surprise, I suppose it will be the governments fault?
Ta Ta to Tata
Tata confirms 1,050 more jobs to go as steel crisis intensifies - Telegraph
Tata Steel has cut 1,050 jobs at sites across the country, dealing another devastating blow to the UK steel industry.
Confirming plans revealed by the Telegraph, the company said it would focus the redundancies at its giant “strip products” plant at Port Talbot in Wales, the country’s largest steel facility with about 4,000 workers.
About 750 steel jobs are expected to be axed at Port Talbot along with a further 200 in support roles at the plant, which is thought to be losing about £1m a week.
A further 100 jobs will go at Tata’s steel mills in Trostre, also in Wales, and Corby and Hartlepool.
The company said the cuts are a cost saving move intended to improve the competitiveness of the business, which is suffering from “a flood of cheap imports, particularly from China”.
Confirming plans revealed by the Telegraph, the company said it would focus the redundancies at its giant “strip products” plant at Port Talbot in Wales, the country’s largest steel facility with about 4,000 workers.
About 750 steel jobs are expected to be axed at Port Talbot along with a further 200 in support roles at the plant, which is thought to be losing about £1m a week.
A further 100 jobs will go at Tata’s steel mills in Trostre, also in Wales, and Corby and Hartlepool.
The company said the cuts are a cost saving move intended to improve the competitiveness of the business, which is suffering from “a flood of cheap imports, particularly from China”.
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