Hundreds of jobs are at risk in Nottingham with plans to close a major factory that makes products for Boots.
Fareva, which bought BCM (Boots Contract Manufacturing) in 2017, has started consultation with staff at the Thane Road factory in Beeston, according to BBC reports. It is said to follow economic changes associated with political unrest in Europe and the impact of COVID-19 on the business, with production volumes decreasing and leaving spare capacity.
Production activities at the D10 factory at the Boots campus are proposed to be transferred to Wales, where 150 new roles would be created at Fareva’s Pontyclun site.
Priority will be given to Nottingham staff.
Product testing, research and development, commercial and procurement activities will, however, continue to operate out of Nottingham.
Production is to continue in Beeston until 2024, with no redundancies expected to be made until early next year.
