{"id":7254,"date":"2016-01-08T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T12:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2016-01-08T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:39:14","slug":"doors-to-shut-on-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=7254","title":{"rendered":"Doors to shut on jobs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098pulling out all the stops\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in efforts to save 353 jobs at East Midlands door manufacturer Leaderflush Shapland which has gone into administration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite regional officer Garry Guye said that the potential loss of the 353 jobs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c based at Langley Mill, Derbyshire and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/mansfield\">Mansfield<\/a>, Nottinghamshire \u00e2\u20ac\u201c would be \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a severe body blow to the regional economy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite has been in talks with the administrators, Deloitte, about the possibility of finding a buyer for the sites which are part of the Laidlaw Interiors Group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe situation is not good and it is a bleak welcome to 2016 for this dedicated workforce,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 commented Garry Guye.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBut Unite is pulling out all the stops and working with the administrators who are looking to find a buyer for this business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe understand that the company was in financial difficulties, but that the management said in September it had a turn-around plan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c however, three months later the plug was pulled.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guye continued, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is certainly a body blow to the regional economy and shows the fragile nature of George Osborne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so-called recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is currently supporting our members to the maximum extent and working in partnership with other agencies, such as the department of work and pensions, to assist our members in securing future employment,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098pulling out all the stops\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in efforts to save 353 jobs at East Midlands door manufacturer Leaderflush Shapland which has gone into administration. &nbsp; Unite regional officer Garry Guye said that the potential loss of the 353 jobs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c based at Langley Mill, Derbyshire and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire \u00e2\u20ac\u201c would be \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a severe body [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[126,55],"wps_subtitle":"East Mids door makers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 closure is 'body blow' ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7255,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7254\/revisions\/7255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}