Up to 70 people will lose their jobs after a firm announced it is to close next year.

Milk Link, which operates at Tanner Foods in Sible Hedingham, said the first wave of redundancies would take effect next month.

In a statement released yesterday, Milk Link confirmed 52 people would lose their jobs at the Oxford Lane plant on August 12. A further 18 will be axed next March when the plant closes.

Talks were being held last night between management and employees.

A Milk Link statement said the decision to cease production was made due to the national trend of milk production moving towards the west of the UK.

It said: " Increased cost of fuel meant that it was becoming increasingly uneconomic to move milk long distances to Essex."

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Published Wednesday, July 13, 2005

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