ONE of the area's oldest factories is to close with the loss of up to 70 jobs. Cabot Carbon Ltd, which has manufactured the "black" additives for vehicle tyres in Lees Lane, Ellesmere Port, si...
AN internet firm in Flintshire has moved to calm fears over further jobs cuts, after confirming it made 18 workers redundant. Online price comparison company, MoneySupermarket.com, based on St D...
TOYOTA has confirmed that it is suspending production at its engine plant in Deeside for two weeks. A company spokesman told the Evening Leader there will be two shutdowns at the Deeside factory...
Lord Barry Jones says postponing the £88m investment at the Deeside plant was a 'bodyblow' to the workforce. During a debate in the House of Lords, the former Alyn and Deeside MP said: "Nobody i...
A Flintshire factory has announced it is to axe production jobs, just four months after creating new posts in the same field. Bosses at Kingspan Insulated Panels, which opened a new production l...
CHESTER Zoo has unveiled an ambitious £225 million plan that will see it transformed into the largest conservation, animal and leisure attraction of its kind in Europe. The project - given the w...
STEEL giant Corus has announced it is axing 90 jobs at its plant in Shotton as part of a worldwide cull. Corus spokesman, Rob Dangerfield, said the jobs will be lost from the Corus Colors side o...
FLINTSHIRE'S economy has suffered another blow, with a paper mill announcing that it is axing jobs. Bosses at UPM Shotton, based on Weighbridge Road, near Deeside Industrial Estate, are holding ...
NEARLY 600 workers at the Toyota plant in Deeside have been assured their jobs are safe, after the car giant denied it was planning a wave of redundancies in the UK. According to reports in Japa...
Wockhardt UK Ltd, based on the Wrexham Industrial Estate, blames the global economic downturn for the decision to make 18 workers redundant. According to one source at the Wrexham site, the news...
Furniture retailer Land of Leather has called in administrators after attempts to sell the firm and to raise extra money failed. The company, which employs 850 people, issued three profit warnin...
CHESTER'S Land of Leather store faces an uncertain future after the furniture retailer called in the administrators. Land of Leather announced yesterday it had appointed the business advisory ...
ELLESMERE Port-based Gibsons Foods has closed, leaving as many as 240 people out of work. Production stopped after the food manufacturer told workers the company has gone into administration.
JCB has announced a further 58 job cuts at its factory in Wrexham. These come as part of the latest round of 684 redundancies across the company's UK sites revealed by bosses this afternoon. ...
WORKERS in Chester face an uncertain future following Bank of America's shock announcement about job losses. The Bank of America today announced plans to shed up to 35,000 jobs worldwide over th...
WORKERS at Vauxhall in Ellesmere Port have received a blow with news that a rescue package for the US car industry has failed. A $14bn (£9.4bn) bail-out package for General Motors (GM) which own...
MORE than 30 jobs have been axed at a warehouse after a Chester dry cleaning and photoprocessing firm went into administration. The cuts affected warehouse staff at Bowie Castlebank on the Dunki...
JOBS could be axed from Marks & Spencer Money on Chester Business Park. Earlier this week HSBC, which is a joint venture with M&S Money, announced that it would be cutting 500 jobs nationally. ...
CHESTER is likely to suffer job losses as MFI, Britain's largest furniture retailer, went into administration for the second time in two months. The announcement was made at 5pm yesterday and M...
STAFF at Woolworths stores across the region are facing an uncertain future today after the high-street giant went into administration. Stores in Wrexham and Chester, as well as Mold, Flint, Sho...
FAMILIES have received a "major blow before Christmas" with the announcement of 100 job losses from oil giant BP/Castrol at Ellesmere Port's Stanlow plant. BP/Castrol says 100 workers will have ...
THE sale of the housing division of Flintshire-based building firm David McLean will save around 90 jobs, but up to 65 posts are to go. Flintshire-based David McLean went into administration rece...
THE surviving part of Flintshire-based building firm David McLean has been sold, saving a "significant number" of jobs. David McLean went into administration recently after suffering the effects o...
A FLINTSHIRE company is looking to defy the credit crunch with expansion plans. Flintshire has been rocked by job cuts in a number of sectors in recent months, with major players including Corus, ...
Asda's new clothing and lifestyle store, which has brought 70 jobs to Wrexham, opened its doors for the first time. The Asda Living outlet, on Island Green, was officially unveiled by youngsters...
A UNION leader says he expects a number of staff to take voluntary redundancy after JCB announced 55 job cuts at its Wrexham base last week. The comments come as a North Wales AM urged JCB to seek ...
JCB Transmissions in Wrexham is again consulting with a union about potential job cuts due to a downturn in business. JCB Transmissions made 57 redundancies in September at its two plants on Wrexha...
WREXHAM'S economy has been dealt another bitter blow as one of its major employers has announced further jobs losses this morning. A total of 55 jobs will go at Wrexham's JCB factory before the end...
A Deeside company which laid off more than 30 workers over the summer has now reduced the hours for its remaining workforce. Witter Towbars on Deeside Industrial Estate has cut the hours of the ...
UP TO 93 jobs could be lost at a Wrexham dairy factory following an announcement this afternoon (Monday, November 10). Dairy Crest has confirmed that they will commence transferring cheese-packin...
HUNDREDS of workers are facing an uncertain future today after one of Flintshire's biggest employers announced it is looking to cut costs. Kingspan, which employs between 400-500 people at its pla...
FEARS that Wrexham's new shopping development would "kill" town centre trade appear to be unfounded – with early indications suggesting existing shops have actually increased trade. Up to 50,000 p...
MORE jobs are to be cut at Kronospan's wood panel manufacturing factory in Chirk. A spokesperson for the wood panel firm near Wrexham has confirmed there could be more job cuts on the way as a ...
A RECESSION-BUSTING employment boost creating hundreds of jobs is in store for Wrexham thanks to the new £100m shopping and leisure complex Eagles Meadow, which opens its doors next week. A wide r...
JOB losses at a Wrexham factory are likely to be kept to a minimum after workers agreed to cut down on their working hours. GMB members at JCB have voted to accept short time working, which means ...
DESPITE the economic chaos gripping the world, there is no better time to launch a massive, multi-million pound retail development in North East Wales. This is the view of Wrexham Council's, chief...
13 jobs are to be axed at Chirk wood panel firm, Kronospan. The 13 job losses were confirmed today in a statement issued by Kronospan works director, Mike McKenna.
NEARLY 60 jobs have been axed in the third round of redundancies to hit workers at a Wrexham plant this year. Consultation over job losses at JCB Transmissions' two sites on the Wrexham Industrial...
A MANUFACTURER is to shed 27 jobs at its site on Wrexham Industrial Estate. A press statement released by Hoya Lens UK Ltd said it was "with regret" that a number of compulsory redundancies woul...
Job cuts at one of Flintshire's most successful companies will not be as severe as first thought. Last week it was revealed that internet firm moneysupermarket. com, based at St David's Business P...
JOBS at a Flintshrie mayonnaise factory could be under threat if it moves its operation to another site. The workforce of about 160 staff at Alembic Products Ltd, in Saltney, have been told there ...
MORE jobs are to be axed at the JCB Transmissionsa factory in Wrexham. JCB Transmissions, based on Wrexham Industrial Estate, has announced that about 50 jobs will go in Wrexham on top of 56 that w...
Around 150 Flintshire workers are facing an uncertain future at a pizza factory in Deeside. Paramount Foods has a pizza topping plant on Deeside Industrial Estate, as well as a bakery in Salford, ...
North East Wales' hopes for an upturn in consumer spending could rest with the Eagles Meadow shopping development, set to transform Wrexham town centre. The huge 400,000 sq ft development is set t...
DOZENS of shop workers are being laid off as Woolworths closes one of its stores in the region tomorrow. About 70 people are employed at the Woolworths store on Broughton Shopping Park, which cl...
A FACTORY in Deeside is laying off more than 70 staff - meaning Flintshire has seen 100 redundancies in the past week. Brookfield Foods, based on Deeside Industrial Park, has announced it is axi...
A FLINTSHIRE-based construction firm is set to axe 30 jobs after suffering the effects of the global "credit crunch". David McLean, based on Deeside Industrial Estate, is set to make 30 redundanci...
A FURTHER 26 workers have been made redundant by JCB Transmissions in Wrexham, raising the total job losses at the site to 56. JCB Transmissions' initially made 30 redundancies at its two factor...
UP to 30 jobs could be lost at one of Wrexham's biggest employers at the end of a 30-day consultation. Last week we reported how JCB Transmissions launched the consultation on Thursday and confirm...
RECEIVERS brought in to a factory near Wrexham have today revealed they are doing all they can to sell the 130-year-old business. Bosses for finance and business consultants Kroll Ltd also said ...
10 jobs are to be axed at Saffil Automotive in Holywell. Saffil Automotive employs about 120 workers, and the company says worldwide problems in the automotive sector is behind its redundancy prog...
WORKERS in Flintshire have been left reeling after a company announced major job cuts. 60 workers face redundancy at Paramount Foods Ltd on the Deeside Industrial Estate.
