Müller Uk Production Plan Puts Jobs At Risk

Müller UK & Ireland’s Skelmersdale tract successful West Lancashire. Credit: Müller UK & Ireland.

Müller has warned up to 90 roles are astatine consequence astatine a tract successful England nether plans to reshape nan erstwhile Yew Tree Dairy site.

In a connection yesterday (13 January), nan German-owned dairy group said it is “investing significantly” astatine nan tract successful Skelmersdale to “further fortify its position arsenic a awesome shaper and exporter of powdered beverage products”.

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A caller logistics hub is planned for which Müller is looking to enlistee up to 90 jobs.

As portion of nan plan, nan tract successful Lancashire would go “a centre of excellence for beverage balancing, strengthening its domiciled successful securing proviso concatenation resilience and supporting nan wider dairy industry”, Müller said.

However, nan plans for nan wide tract whitethorn mean it nary longer produces caller beverage and cream. As a consequence, up to 90 jobs are astatine consequence of redundancy, Müller added. The last number of redundancies will dangle connected nan result of a consultation process.

Rob Hutchison, nan CEO of nan Müller Milk & Ingredients division, said: “We’re assured successful nan plans underway and nan early developments we’re moving connected astatine Müller Skelmersdale – initiatives that will fortify our position and present benefits crossed nan full dairy proviso chain.”

In July, Müller said it was injecting £45m ($60.2m) into nan Skelmersdale tract to “enhance” liquid beverage accumulation capacity and to “create a flagship” works for beverage drying.

Hutchison added: “Change is ne'er easy, and consultations tin beryllium unsettling. We return this process earnestly and will cautiously see each action earlier making decisions.”

Under nan plans, nan logistics hub would beryllium capable to accommodate up to 65 beverage postulation vehicles moving pinch farmers daily. The jobs created return successful positions including drivers, driver trainers, conveyance technicians and support staff.