British union leaders will meet bosses at chocolate giant Cadbury today to ask them to reverse their decision to close a factory.

Cadbury Schweppes ditched the sale of its American drinks arm today after admitting it was unlikely to achieve an acceptable price in current market conditions.

Protesters demonstrated today outside a Cadbury factory in the UK following the company’s decision to cut hundreds of jobs.

Workers at a UK Cadbury factory which is set to close will stage a demonstration tomorrow as part of a campaign to save their jobs.

Cadbury is to axe 700 jobs at two of its factories in the UK under restructuring plans, the chocolate giant announced today.