260 jobs axed in Sussex
0Scores of Sussex jobs were scrapped yesterday in a black day for the county’s workers.
More than 200 jobs went at Crawley-based vacuum pump manufacturer Edwards while struggling book chain British Bookshops and Stationers (BB&S) made 40 people redundant at its head office in Brighton.
The BB&S redundancies could be followed by dozens more if the business, which includes more than 20 shops across Sussex, cannot be sold.
Businesses leaders labelled the job losses sad and disappointing.
BB&S administrator Zolfo Cooper said 25 positions have been made redundant in British Bookshops’ head office and 15 in its warehouse, both of which are in Crowhurst Road, Hollingbury.
No redundancies have been made in its stores but the shops have been told to slash the prices of their stock from today.
The company was placed in administration last week after book distributors stopped supplying the chain over unpaid bills.
Engineering firm Edwards cut 140 jobs at its Shoreham site while 60 posts went in Burgess Hill. A further 20 jobs went across its other UK sites.
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