Decorative pottery maker Emma Bridgewater has placed 65 of its workers at risk of redundancy as it seeks to reduce staff numbers in its factories, in customer services, at its London office and its store in Bicester Village. The business had already introduced a four day working week in its factories for July and August, with employees taking a pay cut.
Julie Cove-Smith, managing director, Emma Bridgewater said: “Challenging economic pressures have led to very difficult trading conditions for many retailers and manufacturers this year. While Emma Bridgewater Ltd has secured positive additional sales opportunities and developed new partnerships it has also been necessary to respond to current pressures by reducing our rate of pottery production to support the future development of the business.
“The business will return to full-time working from September but due to reduced production and lower-than-forecasted sales, we regretfully need to reduce the number of roles in the company. The business understands and appreciates this is very difficult news for some of our people and we very much remain committed to communicating directly and transparently with staff throughout the consultation process and will of course provide as much support as possible.”
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