Blackpool sweet manufacturer Tangerine Confectionery is to close one of its two manufacturing sites in the town, risking 166 jobs.
which ranked 20th in Lancashire Business View's list of high-grossing companiesproduction and equipment at its Clifton Road factory as part of a nationwide restructuring of its manufacturing operations.By March 2015, work will have been redistributed to the company's other sites, include its factory on Vicarage Lane, due to what the company called "excess capacity" and a need to be more competitive in a challenging market.
Nigel Nelson, operations and supply chain director, said: “These changes at Tangerine are fundamental to creating sustainable jobs in Blackpool and elsewhere in our UK factories and underpin our future competitiveness as a British confectionery manufacturer.
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