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Labour's Paul Sweeney revealed in the Scottish parliament that a Pladis Action Group proposed new biscuit factory could be built at Gartcosh, site of a former steel works, closed in 1986 as part of the destruction of the steel industry in Britain.
Despite aggressive opposition, intervention by the Government and the tabling of a ‘compelling’ proposal to save the 472 jobs at stake, pladis is proceeding with the closure of its historic biscuit factory in Tollcross, first communicated to employees on 11 May.