Nestle biscuit production to be moved from UK to Poland | Progresiv
Confectionery giant Nestle plans to cut almost 300 jobs, mainly in York and Newcastle, and move production of the Blue Riband chocolate biscuit to one of its factories in Poland. Sites in Halifax and Girvan will also be hit, but the company hopes to cut jobs through voluntary redundancies. 
Nestle said it was acting to help its sites "operate more efficiently in a rapidly changing external environment".
A Nestle spokesman denied the proposals were anything to do with Brexit.
He told the BBC: "This move would be necessary irrespective of the decision to leave the EU."
The spokesman added that Blue Riband was one of 16 products made at the Newcastle Fawdon site and was the only one being moved "to simplify production on a very complicated site".
The announcements are proposals and are subject to a 45-day consultation with trade unions and employee representatives. If the cuts go ahead, they would take place over the next two years. Nestle currently employs 8,000 people in the UK. (www.bbc.uk)
