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Jobs blow confirmed at refinery
The fate of stricken Essex oil refinery Coryton was sealed on Tuesday after administrators confirmed the site will be converted into an import terminal after they failed to find a buyer to keep the plant going.
June28thSignificant lay-offs planned at RIM
Research in Motion, the struggling manufacturer of BlackBerry, has started a series of redundancies that could see it lay off around 6,000 employees as part of restructuring plans it hopes will save around $1 billion (£637 million) this year.
June25thMixed news in unemployment figures
New employment figures provided good news for the government in some areas, balanced by continued gloom in others.
June20thUnilever bosses poised to axe jobs
Hundreds of workers at Unilever are facing redundancy after proposals to shut down some of its factories were announced.
June19thPet owners urged to have flood plan
The recent downpours have prompted the RSPCA to urge pet owners to consider their animals if they are forced to evacuate homes due to flooding.
June14thBakery group enters administration
A large company which supplies bakery goods to many of the UK's well-known supermarkets has been forced to call in the administrators.
June14thArmy hit by more enforced job cuts
More than 1,000 members of the armed services are being told that they have lost their jobs as part of cost-cutting measures in the defence budget.
June13thSellafield nuclear plant to close
A nuclear reprocessing area that has been used for two decades will shut down in 2018 following the fulfilment of its existing contracts.
June11thClinton Cards rescued in US deal
The remains of high street chain Clinton Cards has snapped up by an American greetings cards firm in a deal saving 397 stores and 4,500 jobs.
June7thJob fears as Pfizer calls in staff
Highly skilled pharmaceutical workers are braced for redundancy after management at Pfizer called a meeting with staff.
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