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| Valleys Burberry plant to close | Valleys Burberry plant to close |
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| The Burberry factory in the south Wales Valleys is to shut with the loss of 300 jobs. | The Burberry factory in the south Wales Valleys is to shut with the loss of 300 jobs. |
| A spokesman for the iconic British gabardine designer range said it was no longer "commercially viable" to keep the Treorchy plant open. | A spokesman for the iconic British gabardine designer range said it was no longer "commercially viable" to keep the Treorchy plant open. |
| The company said they had "no obvious alternative other than to propose the closure of the factory". | The company said they had "no obvious alternative other than to propose the closure of the factory". |
| Unions will be consulted and if plans go ahead, the Rhondda Valley plant will shut early next year. | |
| The closure plan comes after a year-long review of its supply chain and manufacturing process. | |
| "The Company will be entering into a formal consultation process with its union representatives today. Should the proposal be implemented, the Treorchy site would close around the turn of the year," a statement read. |