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AS MUCH AS 60 tasks could be axed at the Plymouth base of the UK’s leading paper and mag wholesaler.

Smiths Information is moving its magazine packing division from its Plympton premises to its distribution centre in Newport, Wales, included in a broader “rationalisation program” becoming completed.

The company has actually begun consultation with 60 staff at its Langage Industrial home web site, though worrying it will not be closing that Western Wood Method procedure from where periodicals are also distributed.

The firm said it will probably continue to use about 60 staff in its “Plymouth team” plus many self-employed motorists.

This “group” comes with operations in Barnstaple, Taunton, Exeter and Redruth, in which some of those employees are found.

The proposed work losses come just times after certainly one of Plymouth’s biggest personal industry companies, luxury ship manufacturer Princess Yachts Global plc, revealed it had been cutting 350 jobs as it “restructured” in light of worldwide economic turmoil.

a spokesperson for Smiths Information informed The Herald: “We have actually commenced a period of consultation with 60 staff members at our Plymouth distribution centre recently around a suggestion to go our magazine packing operation to the Newport circulation centre – that is part of our broader rationalisation plan for the company.

“It is simply too early to confirm what the results of the consultation would be however proposal goes ahead then some redundancies are regrettably likely.”

The spokesperson added: “Plymouth is a vital location for dispersing newsprints to the customers in South West which side of the operation would continue to be at our web site here in Langage Industrial Estate.

“We do not have any plans to change the businesses within our smaller Newspaper Distribution Centres when you look at the South West – they're not relying on this proposition.

“These decisions will never be taken lightly and our focus is on supporting the individuals afflicted with this announcement.

“in the case of redundancies, we shall use our employees to maximise their particular prospects of re-deployment.”