HP to shed jobs in Britain

Workers at computer giant Hewlett-Packard, which employs thousands of people in Ireland, faced an uncertain future today after it emerged that the company planned to shed 1,400 jobs in Britain.

The cutbacks, which follow the company’s merger two months ago with Compaq, include 650 job losses at its plant in Erskine, Renfrewshire and another 300 elsewhere in the UK.