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9:40pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
More than 300 people will lose their jobs after an airport ground handling firm announced it is closing its Gatwick operation.
Aviance blamed today's decision on "fundamental changes" in its business at the Sussex airport.
It is the latest blow to the Gatwick area's economy, which is reeling from fears over the future of almost 1,000 jobs which have emerged over the last few months.
In February, Barclays moved 250 jobs from Crawley to Milton Keynes. This followed TUI Travel's decision to tell 650 staff they must move to Luton or face redundancy, while more than 100 jobs are under threat at Glaxosmithkline's factory on the town's Manor Royal industrial estate.
Aviance employs 5,000 people at leading airports in the UK and Ireland across a variety of services including ground handling, security, cargo and passenger.
The Gatwick workers affected by the decision will receive help to find other jobs.
Legs11, Brighton says...
11:21pm Wed 14 May 08
Me, says...
9:54am Thu 15 May 08
Joe, hove says...
2:27pm Thu 15 May 08
William of Orange wrote:I wish I lived in your simple world you fool
...but don't worry our economic fundamentals are sound , we have prudent stability and Crash Gordon has abolished boom and bust. In reality Crash Gordons boom financed on the back of cheap borrowed money, that he turned a blind eye to and took the credit for, is well and truly over. Now comes the BUST! A lot of people are about to get very poor very quickly...and they aren't going to be happy about it. I don't think we'll see another Liebour Govt again for several generations.
william of orange, Brighton says...
7:19am Sat 24 May 08
Joe wrote:Well the people of Crewe seem to agree with me are you saying they are all fools as well-17% swing away from Labour!!?
William of Orange wrote: ...but don't worry our economic fundamentals are sound , we have prudent stability and Crash Gordon has abolished boom and bust. In reality Crash Gordons boom financed on the back of cheap borrowed money, that he turned a blind eye to and took the credit for, is well and truly over. Now comes the BUST! A lot of people are about to get very poor very quickly...and they aren't going to be happy about it. I don't think we'll see another Liebour Govt again for several generations.I wish I lived in your simple world you fool
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William of Orange, Brighton says...
10:12pm Wed 14 May 08
In reality Crash Gordons boom financed on the back of cheap borrowed money, that he turned a blind eye to and took the credit for, is well and truly over.
Now comes the BUST!
A lot of people are about to get very poor very quickly...and they aren't going to be happy about it.
I don't think we'll see another Liebour Govt again for several generations.