Biscuit factory set to avoid cuts bite
Around 600 full-time and 250 part-time employees at Burton Food Limited in Bankhead Place will keep their jobs amid a major business review at the firm's HQ, which will see the closure of two factories.
But a 5 million investment in the Edinburgh site, which primarily manufactures shortbread-based products, will retain the entire workforce and see the installation of a state-of-the-art production line to develop "world-class" facilities.
Neil Grocock, chief supply chain officer, said the "forseeable" long-term future of the factory was secure, but added it was premature to envisage new jobs after the cash boost.