250 jobs to go at Waterford Wedgwood site in Britain

WATERFORD Wedgwood (WW) is seeking 250 redundancies at its site in Stoke-on-Trent, the group confirmed through its spokesman.

This is in addition to the rationalisation programme at its Kilbarry plant in Waterford, where over 500 jobs are on the line.

When the redundancy programme is completed roughly 500 jobs will still be retained at the group’s crystal plant in Waterford.