Factory closure costs 180 jobs as unemployment hits 12-year high

Workers at a long-standing manufacturing plant in the south-east today became the latest casualties of the collapsing labour market, now at its worst level for 12 years.

Factory closure costs 180 jobs as unemployment hits 12-year high

Workers at a long-standing manufacturing plant in the south-east today became the latest casualties of the collapsing labour market, now at its worst level for 12 years.

Waterford’s ABB factory is to close after 58 years with the loss of almost 180 jobs after orders all but dried up in the property crash.

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