Herald cuts workforce
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NATIONAL BUS COMPANY sidiary Herald Engineering i make 54 of its 230 stt workforce redundant in Torc and Plymouth.
Herald Engineering is a vice unit established when former Western National 0, bus Company was split up a beginning of the year. NevN the staff cut-back, due to place at the end of the year, given to trade unions at a n ing in Plymouth.
Manager Peter Kennedy nounced that the unit's Ton workshops, part of the D, General complex in Ne, Road, will close on Decei 31, with the loss of 49 job the same time five jobs will disappear from the unit's Bridge Road, Plymouth wor Seven apprentices empl at Torquay will be found either with Devon Gener Torquay or Exeter, or Herald Engineering at Plym,
Since it was formed e this year when the old We National was divided into separate companies. Herat( gineering has employed people in workshops in mouth, Torquay, and Penz. This announcement means of around 22 per cent i workforce.
He added that the unit been forced into a job Cl exercise by a 39 per cent its workload.