Vion announces UK sell-off leading to 3,300 job fears

by liamssoft | November 20, 2012 at 07:59 am
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A food group which employs over 3,300 meat and poultry processing workers in Wales says it is selling all its operations in Britain.

The Dutch company Vion runs abattoirs and processing plants at Merthyr Tydfil, Flintshire, Anglesey and Wrexham.

It employs 13,000 at 38 UK sites. Vion said it is confident it will sell its UK sites as viable businesses.

The Welsh government said it would work to help any buyers of the sites.

As well as workers, unions said the plans could hit farmers.....Read more

bbc.co.uk

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