Special Report: Timeline of events as the Hotpoint factory in Peterborough owned by Indesit shuts with 400 job losses.
With heads bowed and pay cheques in hand, many of the 423 employees from the fridge maker Indesit left the Morley Way site after their final eight-hour shifts yesterday (27 November).
28 November:A dark day for staff at the Hotpoint factory, by Tara Dundon.
With heads bowed and pay cheques in hand, many of the 423 employees from the fridge maker Indesit left the Morley Way site after their final eight-hour shifts yesterday (27 November).
26 November:Your say: Hotpoint - the end of an era as production ends (8 comments).
19 May:Indesit 'must help 420 workers facing axe', by Mark Lewis.
Business leaders today called on Indesit to do all it can to help its 420 workers facing redundancy into new employment.
16 May:Hotpoint: End of a proud manufacturing history as Indesit pulls the plug on production line, by Jonny Muir.
The company's entire production workforce was told they could face the axe, ending more than half a century of fridge production at the Morley Way site.
Changing tastes led to problems, by Paul Grinnell.
A thawing of householders' affection for the humble stand-alone fridge of the type made by Hotpoint was today blamed for the axing of 426 manufacturing jobs in Peterborough.
Timeline: Hotpoint in Peterborough.
17 January 2008:Hotpoint jobs are 'safe' despite closure scare, by Kirsty Nicolson.
13 April 2005:400 laid off at Hotpoint.
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