Up to 800 workers could lose their jobs after furniture group Silentnight unveiled plans to close two factories and restructure another two.
The company said plants at Andover, Hampshire, and Bridgend, south Wales, would close in July as part of an overhaul of its loss-making furniture division, whose products include Parker Knoll.
It said there would also be "substantial restructuring"at its sites in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire and Edmonton, London.
Friday April 11 2003
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