KP Snacks’s Consett factory will close in the first quarter of next year, threatening more than 100 jobs, the company has confirmed, with the closure of its Corby plant also likely.
Silgan Holdings’ proposed US$1.3bn take over of Graham Packaging was under threat yesterday after a mystery bidder stepped in with a higher offer for the rigid packaging outfit.
Burton’s Foods bosses have promised to give “detailed consideration” to Unite plans aimed at preventing the closure of their Moreton site, after the union presented an “alternative, costed plan” for sustaining production to them last Friday.
