Perkins sacks 80
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MORE than 80 staff are being made redundant at Perkins Engine; Shrewsbury works just three weeks after the former Rolls Royc diesel engine business was taken over by Perkins.
The 81 job losses represent about 15 per cent of the white collar employees and affects most staff departments right across the board from top to bottom level.
The current number employed at the works stands at 1,420.
A Perkins spokesman said "We continue to be affected b' the severe world trading Gond tions for diesel engines, and ii Britain the automotive marke continues to be under presser' from imported trucks.
"By providing current an future customers with the pro duct they want at the right qual ity and at the right price, we wi succeed in these markets, bu not without a concerted effort ly everyone involved over a periol of time.
"In the short and mediur term, however, we must with the current market condl tions, and do everything in ou power to control the cost of cu product and of our operatior We have reviewed our costs on variety of fronts and inevitabl' this has led us to seriously con sider the number of staff that thl business can employ.