North East Wales: Credit Crunch

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70 more jobs set to go in Ellesmere Port factory closure

Feb 2, 2009

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...

Toyota to suspend production at Deeside plant

Jan 28, 2009

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...

Chester Zoo set for massive £225 million development

Jan 27, 2009

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...

Jobs axed at Deeside's Corus plant

Jan 26, 2009

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...

Toyota denies job cut plans at Deeside

Jan 23, 2009

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...

Job losses at Wrexham pharmaceutical company

Jan 19, 2009

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...

Jobs fear for Chester's Land of Leather workers

Jan 13, 2009

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 ...

58 jobs axed at JCB in Wrexham

Jan 12, 2009

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. ...

Ellesmere Port's Vauxhall teeters as US bail-out plan fails

Dec 12, 2008

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...

Jobs axe falls on Chester workers

Dec 8, 2008

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 go at Chester's M&S Money

Dec 5, 2008

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. ...

Woolworths workers fear for future

Nov 27, 2008

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...

More jobs pain as 100 axed at Ellesmere Port's BP/Castrol

Nov 21, 2008

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 ...

Flintshire jobs could be saved in David McLean sell-off

Nov 20, 2008

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...

Flintshire company aims to defy the credit crunch with expansion

Nov 19, 2008

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, ...