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Axe falls on Shop Electric
UP to a dozen jobs have been lost at the Newry branch of Shop Electric. The company went into administration on Friday, and all branches across Northern Ireland ceased business yesterday morning (Monday November 3).
Hopes and fears
Mixed fortunes emerged today for two troubled companies with Tees Valley workers.
Fury as firm sacks 60 . . . then gives the rest a wage rise
Dozens of engineers are to be given an immediate pay rise 24 hours after almost 60 stunned colleagues were sacked at a depot on the outskirts of Glasgow.
Samsung eyes Mideast market
DUBAI – Samsung Electronics is targeting the Middle East as a major growth market with white goods and air conditioning systems at the forefront of its push.
Hundreds of electrical jobs axed
More than 400 jobs have been axed by administrators running the household appliance retailer Northern Electric.
Update: Shop Electric Limited (in administration)
Richard Fleming, KPMG Corporate Recovery Partner and joint administrator of Northern Retail Limited (trading as Northern Electric) and Shop Electric Limited said:
Troubled retailer to honour obligations
Financially troubled ShopElectric and Electricworld shops will open today across Ulster to enable customers to reclaim goods.
Workers To Vote Over Strike Action On Pay
Hundreds of factory workers involved in a pay dispute are to hold a strike ballot. Staff at Merloni, in Blythe Bridge, will be balloted for strike action on Friday as part of a long-running dispute at the former Creda factory.
Merloni News
Articles recently about Merloni. MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI : Russia and Poland: two new plants Peterborough (UK), 29th October 2003 – Merloni Elettrodomestici announced in the UK today a project to open a new washing machine plant in Russia and a new refrigerator plant in Poland and to double the …