Hestair jobs cut
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['flirty-seven Hestair Dennis imployees—including four senior staff nembers—have been made redundant is a result of lost export business.
Company deputy managing director lohn Hood told CM that the measure /vas necessary because political events tad cost it an order for petrol and water ankers and fire engines for Iraq.
Among those who have lost their jobs ire engineering director Eric Bottomley, >ervices director Harold Enefer, personlel officer Dorothy Watt, the entire )ersonnel department, and publicity Aficer Len Poole. In all, the labour force las dropped by more than 100 over the ast year to 835. Mr Hood said there is no cash crisis at Hestair Dennis, and added: "One has to cut one's coat according to the cloth available."
He added that development of the company's lorry chassis was continuing apace and that plans are well advanced for production of its steel cab.
Sales of Jubilant export double-deck buses have now reached 54, and 119 rear-engined Dominators have been sold, of which one for China Motor Bus was for export.
Mr Hood said the Dominator was "doing very well" in service and that problems with it have been of a very minor nature.