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Burnley job cuts

Burnley Shop Direct workers ‘in limbo’ after being told of 450 job cuts
10:42am Friday 29th January 2010

SHOCKED Shop Direct staff said they were “devastated” and “disappointed” by yesterday’s announcement that the company's Burnley operation is to close with the loss of 450 jobs.

Staff at the Kingsway building were told to stop taking calls immediately and attend a meeting in the briefing room at about 10am, and within an hour they were leaving work for the day, with many lives turned upside down.
Hundreds of workers looked shell-shocked as they filed out of the office, with many waiting for taxis or lifts, and around 30 heading to a town centre pub to drown their sorrows.