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Tangerine sweet factory could close by the end of March (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Tangerine sweet factory could close by the end of March
9:07am Tuesday 19th February 2013 in News By Joanna Codd
The Tangerine Factory in Branksome
A DEAL aimed at saving the Tangerine sweet factory in Poole has foundered, making its closure at the end of next month almost inevitable.
Tangerine Confectionery announced last November that it would be transferring the manufacture of sweet products from the factory in Branksome to other sites as part of a UK-wide review with the loss of up to 75 jobs.
But it has emerged that the board has been in detailed discussions with another company, Confectionery Craft of Scarborough in Yorkshire, which expressed an interest in acquiring the site and manufacturing existing products for Tangerine under contract.
A statement released by Blackpool-based Tangerine says: “After several months of in-depth investigations, both parties concluded discussion on February 5 and have agreed that the deal is not commercially viable.”
Chef executive Graham Hunter said: “The Tangerine Board has given careful consideration to all proposals made by Confectionery Craft.
“We’ve engaged in open and honest negotiations to explore all avenues in an attempt to find a workable solution that would protect jobs. Unfortunately, despite the hard work of all parties, it’s not been possible to find a resolution that suits all parties.”
The company says the decision to move manufacture to other Tangerine Confectionery sites would lead to the closure of the Branksome factory on March 31.
But it would also enable the company to remain competitive by maximising its production capabilities and making sure some of the nation’s much loved confectionery products would continue to be made.
Tangerine, one of the largest confectionery firms in Europe, took over the former Parrs site in 2007 to make own-brand products for supermarkets.
Family firm Parrs started in Parr Street, Lower Parkstone, after World War Two and relocated to Alder Road in the late 1960s. It became the world’s biggest manufacturer of lettered rock, employing more than 200 people, before the rock-making was sold to a company that ceased trading in 2007.
Comments(8)
l'anglais
says...
9:58am Tue 19 Feb 13
gileto wrote:And I thought you resided in the UNITED Kingdom.
I don't think this will have that much effect on the workforce as I suspect very few of them are locals and Bradford or wherever up north isn't that much further away from Eastern europe, although it's a real shame for those that do have their family roots here.
Another I'm all right jack attitude.
Maybe when you get yourself out of Europe, you could then seek independence for Dorset.
75 job loses equates to 75 households find life difficult through no fault of their own.
The Liberal
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10:20am Tue 19 Feb 13
West Howe Sean
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4:46pm Tue 19 Feb 13
gileto wrote:gilleto you are a tw*t.
I don't think this will have that much effect on the workforce as I suspect very few of them are locals and Bradford or wherever up north isn't that much further away from Eastern europe, although it's a real shame for those that do have their family roots here.
Turtlebay
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6:18pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Yankee1
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10:59pm Tue 19 Feb 13
gileto
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8:41am Fri 22 Feb 13
l'anglais wrote:No, 'Great' Britain. Bring on the referendum without question - it can't come too quickly for most - polls and growing grass roots public opinion don't lie. But you've immediately lost the point. I'm not happy with any job losses but, as I'm very much family biased, I'm much more concerned with families being kept together and with local jobs and local homes/infrastructure being biased towards local families - rather than families who have lived and worked locally for many years or generations being split up through housing and employment not being available here in Dorset. Those of a peripatetic nature who have chosen to arrive here from Poland, Estonia etc seeking low paid employment (which leads to the Indigenous tax-payer paying more for our young unemployed to sit idle) and taking money out of our economy are by definition able to relocate their employment anywhere between Bradford and Poznan. Before you say it, I'm not a committed Daily Mail reader - but this is becoming the stance of MOST other uk daily papers and it's readers too. Reality is starting to bite and the current UK's failings are now no longer being seen as just down to the loathesome big bankers but to the elephant in the room that is the pressure caused by (economic) immigration.
gileto wrote: I don't think this will have that much effect on the workforce as I suspect very few of them are locals and Bradford or wherever up north isn't that much further away from Eastern europe, although it's a real shame for those that do have their family roots here.And I thought you resided in the UNITED Kingdom. Another I'm all right jack attitude. Maybe when you get yourself out of Europe, you could then seek independence for Dorset. 75 job loses equates to 75 households find life difficult through no fault of their own.
Victor_Meldrew_Lives!
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7:02pm Sat 23 Feb 13
gileto wrote:Totally agree. Roll on the referendum. Up the revolution!
l'anglais wrote:No, 'Great' Britain. Bring on the referendum without question - it can't come too quickly for most - polls and growing grass roots public opinion don't lie. But you've immediately lost the point. I'm not happy with any job losses but, as I'm very much family biased, I'm much more concerned with families being kept together and with local jobs and local homes/infrastructure being biased towards local families - rather than families who have lived and worked locally for many years or generations being split up through housing and employment not being available here in Dorset. Those of a peripatetic nature who have chosen to arrive here from Poland, Estonia etc seeking low paid employment (which leads to the Indigenous tax-payer paying more for our young unemployed to sit idle) and taking money out of our economy are by definition able to relocate their employment anywhere between Bradford and Poznan. Before you say it, I'm not a committed Daily Mail reader - but this is becoming the stance of MOST other uk daily papers and it's readers too. Reality is starting to bite and the current UK's failings are now no longer being seen as just down to the loathesome big bankers but to the elephant in the room that is the pressure caused by (economic) immigration.
gileto wrote: I don't think this will have that much effect on the workforce as I suspect very few of them are locals and Bradford or wherever up north isn't that much further away from Eastern europe, although it's a real shame for those that do have their family roots here.And I thought you resided in the UNITED Kingdom. Another I'm all right jack attitude. Maybe when you get yourself out of Europe, you could then seek independence for Dorset. 75 job loses equates to 75 households find life difficult through no fault of their own.
gileto says...
9:30am Tue 19 Feb 13