560 jobs to go at Shorts’ factory

UNION leaders warned of a fresh “emergency” in manufacturing after almost 1,500 job losses were announced on another black day for industry in Britain and the North.

The grim news started when Unilever said it was closing a Birds Eye ready meals factory in Grimsby with the loss of 600 jobs.

Shorts-Bombardier added to the gloom by announcing that up to 560 posts would go at its aircraft factory in Belfast.