150 jobs spared chop at Hull pork plant Vion
ABOUT 150 jobs have been saved at a Hull pork processing plant.
Employees at Vion in Liverpool Street were yesterday told their jobs were safe after the company reached an agreement for a management buyout (MBO) of its UK pork operations.
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Glimmer of positivity: About 650 jobs have been saved at Vion sites across the Humber.
The move secures 4,000 jobs across the Dutch-based food company's UK pork division.
This includes 500 jobs at the company's bacon processing plant in Scunthorpe.
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The news offers a glimmer of positivity in what has been a devastating period for job losses across the Hull and Humber region.
Since October 16, more than 1,250 jobs have been slashed or confirmed at risk at firms ranging from salad growers to food manufacturers.
Lord Haskins, chairman of the Humber LEP, said: "This is a welcome decision, particularly as it comes after some recent bad news in the local economy.
"It is also a positive reflection on the workforce, the facility and what Hull has to offer the sector."
Seamus Carr, managing director of Vion's Pork Business Unit, led the MBO.
Mr Carr, who will be managing director of the new company, said: "Vion's decision to sell its UK business naturally caused a degree of uncertainty among staff, suppliers and customers.
"I'm very pleased we have quickly been able to agree a deal for the pork business, which secures the future for our staff, our suppliers and gives our customers a seamless transition."
On November 19, Vion announced it was selling its UK food operations.
The division employs 13,000 people across 38 UK sites.
Vion said it took the decision in order to "focus on its core food activities in the Netherlands and Germany and its global ingredients business".
Mr Carr said: "Our ambitions for the new business are firstly to maintain the excellent levels of service and product quality that have helped us secure orders from all the major supermarkets and then to build on the opportunities in the marketplace to grow the business."
The deal was backed by UK private equity firm Endless, which has a strong track record of investing in companies in the UK across a wide range of sectors.
In 2008, Endless bought the then struggling paint manufacturer Crown, which has been manufacturing in Hull for more than 200 years.
By the time Endless sold Crown to Hempel last year, it had achieved profits of £20m on sales of £180m, while also increasing its market share year-on-year and preserving more than 1,500 jobs.
Discussions are ongoing with a number of prospective buyers for Vion's other UK business units, which focus on poultry and red meat.
Peter Barr, chairman of Vion UK, said: "This is the very best outcome and I am sure the response from everyone involved, from our farmers and suppliers, to our employees and customers, will be extremely positive."
Comments
by David_Nivea
Saturday, December 15 2012, 12:10PM
“@peterkins11: What is a 'goood Pork Chopping'?'
Fortunately, my sense of humour allows me to cry with laughter [for all the wrong reasons] at your post.
Merry Christmas to you too, and everybody else obviously.”
by peterkins11
Saturday, December 15 2012, 7:37AM
“Mr Nivea,
What's up there son, lost your sense of humour Eh..
What you need is a goood Pork Chopping, that'l put a smile on your face..
Merry XMAS to all.”
by qualitychap
Friday, December 14 2012, 8:42PM
“great some good news,am i the only one thinking its strange Lord Haskins,chairman of the Humber L.E.P,was the man that took northern foods from Hull and relocated them in Leeds,when he was the chairman of northern foods ?.”
by smartguy1
Friday, December 14 2012, 7:21PM
“It's good to know that someone has come up with a plan to save their bacon. Seriously this is great news for the employees and just one last thing is that all pork factories should be on industrial estates like this one and NOT in the country like the one at Preston which has been allowed to grow out of control by the local council. After spending millions (allegedly) at this plant I can tell you it still stinks and it's noisy. Factories that work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week should be on designated industrial estates and not next to people's houses.”
by David_Nivea
Friday, December 14 2012, 12:08PM
“Why does this story of potential job losses require a trivialising pun, whereas similar ones involving Comet say, Seven Seas or the sacred BAE systems at Brough are treated in a wholly different, more serious manner?
Would the pork workers have been somehow less seriously unemployed?
Beyomd dismal.”
by PatrickNewman
Friday, December 14 2012, 11:59AM
“Congratulations HDM you have been awarded first prize in this year's "The Sun" competition for the most obvious pun. You will receive a brand new copy of Roget's Thesaurus and I suggest you opun it at the word "pig".
You can now officially describe yourself as an award winning local paper.”
by Kustard2011
Friday, December 14 2012, 11:29AM
“Thats Crackling news!!”
by prokopchuk
Friday, December 14 2012, 11:24AM
“With the confusion as to who has bought out what sector of the business let us hope that the new owners don't turn out to be Jewish.”
by Amber_Man
Friday, December 14 2012, 11:24AM
“This is a serious matter and the HDM try and dumb it down with an infantile joke. It's getting worse than the Sun.”