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ULTRA JOBS by Duncan Smith


ULTEAFRAME,- the Clitheroe-based world leader in conservatory roofing systems, is set to shed up to 70 jobs a s it prepares to ride out the recession. ' Currently employing around 295 people at its three sites in Clitheroe, Ultraframe remains the market


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: leader in a highly competitive business, but it has seen that market shrink at an alarming rate as the econom­ ic downturn bites. : Now the workforce is being consulted over possible


• job cuts, which,in the worst case scenario, could mean a reduction of almost a quarter in the number of people employed by Ultratrame in Clitheroe. ■ : : Of the 70 potential job loss^, 40 are on the shopfloor ■ in manufacturing and warehouse roles, while 30 are in managerial and administration roles.


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, Talks are ongoing between management and the Joint Consultative Cornmittee^ at Ultraframe abou t . where cuts can be made and measures to mitigate them, including voluntary redundancy. -


: i Speaking to the'Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,.: -Ultraframe chief executive Mike Price explained that, according to budget figures set last year, the company had been, looking to achieve ah annual turnover of ■ £42m;HoweTCr, vrorking from the most recent sales fig-


!ures, a inuch ihore accurate!prediction was that the '■ business would achieve a turnover of around £30m. In


■ the light of that, it had no alternative but to react by cutting its cost base. ■ ' !


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