Jobs news is tasty food for thought

Swiss firm Nestlé unveiled proposals for a further £200 million extension to its factory at Tutbury, in Derbyshire, creating 125 jobs – although this will lead to the closure of the firm’s site at Hayes, in Middlesex.

Paul Grimwood, chief executive of Nestlé UK, said there were alternative jobs for the 230 Hayes employees affected by the closure, adding: “We hope that as many of our employees as possible will remain with us.”

Meanwhile, the Co-op said its £22m food distribution depot in north Derbyshire will create around 340 extra jobs.

Construction work has started to clear the site at Castlewood, just off junction 28 of the M1 motorway, which will take over the work of two smaller Co-op food depots in the region.

Some 740 staff working at the two depots are expected to move to the bigger site.