"Icelandic fish plant pulls out of UK citing Brexit and Covid
Nearly 200 jobs at risk as Iceland Seafood says Grimsby no longer ‘a strategic fit’
A fish processing facility in Grimsby employing almost 200 workers is under threat of closure after its owner said Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic had made it too challenging to operate.
Iceland Seafood said the site at Grimsby was no longer “a strategic fit” after buying the facility in 2018, and that it would focus on its other European facilities for processing.
In a statement last week, Iceland Seafood said: “The investment and decision of the merger was completed in March 2020, just before Covid-19 started, and the renovation and installation of the factory was very much affected by Covid and later Brexit along with difficulties in overall operations.”
The fishing industry has for many years played only a marginal role in the overall UK economy, but still holds an important place in many coastal communities, which have seen unemployment rise as the sector declines.
During the Brexit referendum, some campaigners and MPs said leaving the EU could reinvigorate the industry in the UK, and several communities with a strong fishing heritage voted strongly to leave the EU. North-east Lincolnshire, which contains Grimsby, voted by 69.9% for Brexit, putting it 10th among the local authorities with the strongest leave votes."
https://www.theguardian.com/business...it-coronavirus
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Nearly 200 jobs at risk as Iceland Seafood says Grimsby no longer ‘a strategic fit’
A fish processing facility in Grimsby employing almost 200 workers is under threat of closure after its owner said Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic had made it too challenging to operate.
Iceland Seafood said the site at Grimsby was no longer “a strategic fit” after buying the facility in 2018, and that it would focus on its other European facilities for processing.
In a statement last week, Iceland Seafood said: “The investment and decision of the merger was completed in March 2020, just before Covid-19 started, and the renovation and installation of the factory was very much affected by Covid and later Brexit along with difficulties in overall operations.”
The fishing industry has for many years played only a marginal role in the overall UK economy, but still holds an important place in many coastal communities, which have seen unemployment rise as the sector declines.
During the Brexit referendum, some campaigners and MPs said leaving the EU could reinvigorate the industry in the UK, and several communities with a strong fishing heritage voted strongly to leave the EU. North-east Lincolnshire, which contains Grimsby, voted by 69.9% for Brexit, putting it 10th among the local authorities with the strongest leave votes."
https://www.theguardian.com/business...it-coronavirus
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