A multi-million pound Welsh food business has made some staff redundant. A source close to Abergavenny Fine Foods claimed the lay-offs were "well into double figures". The company, which is well-known for its goat's cheese and vegetarian products, declined to confirm a figure.
Abergavenny Fine Foods, which has sites in Abergavenny, Blaenavon and Cardiff, announced in February a proposal to move its manufacturing operation from a week of five working days to four, and to introduce 12-hour days. A leaked document showed involuntary redundancies were a possibility.
A former employee told WalesOnline the number of redundancies was originally set to be 63 but the eventual number was lower, though allegedly still in double figures. He claimed that some workers were told they would not receive a redundancy package because they had been at the company for less than two years, the minimum length of time for statutory redundancy pay.
