Up to 100 jobs under threat at Birkenhead shipyard

Over 100 employees are in danger of being rendered jobless at a Birkenhead shipyard following the completion of several projects and the lack of certainty over future contract wins, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

Cammell Laird, whose workforce currently stands at 663, said that 98 jobs are at risk.

A Cammell Laird spokesman said: "Cammell Laird is principally a marine and engineering contracting business. This means we can have peaks in demand for skilled and semi-skilled labour, which is the nature of contract-based industries.

"Our workforce stands at 663, and as a result of finishing substantial dry-docking and refit contracts, and without certainty in the award of similar contracts in the immediate term, the company needs to address its cost base to remain competitive. Consequently there are 98 jobs at risk.

"The company continues to bid for significant opportunities and remains optimistic for future ghttp://www.timeandattendance-southeast.co.uk/specialist-laundry-business-create-200-new-jobs-sloughrowth."

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