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Action group meets to discuss future of closure-threatened McVitie’s factory May 26, 2021, 5:44 pm
The McVitie’s brand owner has announced a planned factory closure in Glashow, leaving almost 500 jobs at risk (Pladisglobal/PA)
The first meeting of an action group set up to explore options for the future of a closure-threatened McVitie’s factory in Glasgow has taken place.
Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes co-chaired the meeting of council union and industry experts looking to prevent the factory from shutting down and the loss of up to 468 jobs to redundancy.
The factory’s owners, Pladi, announced proposals to close its Tollcross site, subject to a “full and meaningful consultation with employees”, with the global snack firm highlighting “excess capacity” across its UK sites.
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