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| Food firm Vion cutting 820 jobs | Food firm Vion cutting 820 jobs |
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| The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group. | The Dutch-owned food group Vion is cutting 820 jobs throughout the group. |
| Of the jobs going, 470 will be lost at its Haverhill site in Suffolk, 200 at Malton in North Yorkshire and 150 at Cambuslang in Scotland. | Of the jobs going, 470 will be lost at its Haverhill site in Suffolk, 200 at Malton in North Yorkshire and 150 at Cambuslang in Scotland. |
| The Scottish jobs are a result of the loss of some of its business supplying deli products and ready meals to Marks and Spencer. | The Scottish jobs are a result of the loss of some of its business supplying deli products and ready meals to Marks and Spencer. |
| The remaining jobs are due to the restructuring of its abattoir and cooked meats businesses. | The remaining jobs are due to the restructuring of its abattoir and cooked meats businesses. |
| Vion, which employs 14,500 workers in the UK, said the redundancies were due to over-capacity in the UK meat processing sector. | |
| The company plans to close its abattoir, butchery and parts of its retail operations at Haverhill and transfer them to Malton. | |
| At the same time, all cooked meat production will move from Malton to Haverhill. | |
| A spokesman for the trade union Unite said: "Unite is seeking urgent talks with the Vion Group. Our priority is to resist compulsory redundancies and safeguard jobs. | |
| "This is very concerning as these job cuts show how vulnerable the supply chain companies in the food industry are to the demands of their clients, usually the big supermarkets." | |
| Alasdair Cox, Vion's director of corporate affairs, said: "In creating dedicated facilities at Malton and Haverhill, we will also be investing in both plants to build the business. | |
| "We regret the need for these changes in our activities announced today and have informed our employees and their union representatives of our commitment to consult with them." |