Burgess Marine

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  16 December 2017     09:01337194
  #1      
  This refers to jobs lost but none appear to be in Dover.
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/burgess-marine-dover-in-administration-157065/
• Weird Granny Slater

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 7 Jun 2017
  • Posts: 3,095
  16 December 2017     10:47337196
  #2      
  'Burgess Marine's headquarters in Dover will close.'
  
  More here:
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42367418?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/localnews/2651048-Dover/0&link_location=live-reporting-story
  
  'In Dover, four staff have been retained to help wind down the company's affairs.'
  'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
  • Posts: 2,599
  16 December 2017     19:47337212
  #3      
  3rd time the company has gone bust in about 20 years. 2nd time under the people who took over when the original Burgess went under.
  
  Still quite a few local employees, including fitters who work away, perhaps they will be ok?