Taskforce set up to help Thamesteel staff
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Thamesteel in Sheerness
A new taskforce will look at the way
forward for staff and the steelworks at the troubled Thamesteel
plant in Sheerness.
The group has been set up after the
firm, employing 400 staff, was put into administration
recently.
The aim of the taskforce will be to
discuss the next steps, including how to support workers and liaise
with administrators to secure the future of the steelworks.
Chaired by KCC cabinet member for
regneration and economic development, Kevin Lynes, the first
meeting will be tomorrow.
Mr Lynes said: "Clearly this is
terrible news and very difficult for the workers, their families
and the local economy.
"Since the announcement was made by
the administrators, we have been working together with Swale
Borough Council in talking to Government and all the key agencies
about the situation.
"This is why we have convened a
Taskforce to look at the way forward and we have invited all
relevant parties to the meeting, including the local MP, to receive
an update on the situation."
The move comes after a taskforce was set up
to safeguard jobs and build a future for Sandwich after Pfizer
announced it was going to pull out of the town in February last
year.
The group liaised with government and
had the area designated an enterprise zone.
Monday, February 06 2012
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