Alan Nuttall Partnership aims to cut redundancy numbers
Shop fittings specialists The Alan Nuttall Partnership is hoping to reduce the number of redundancies it faces having to make.
It was revealed earlier this month that the Dudley business was proposing to make 52 redundant.
A number of staff have since come forward to volunteer for redundancy.
Managing director Nino Calandra said none had yet been accepted.
“We are continuing to focus on various strategies in order to safeguard as many jobs as possible throughout the business.
"With negotiations taking place with several of our major customers, we are hoping to secure contracts for the coming year, which will hopefully result in saving jobs within our refrigeration division who were initially at risk.
At this stage, voluntary redundancies within various areas of the business have not been accepted until such negotiations have been established,” he explained.
Mr Calendra said collective consultation was ongoing and individual consultations had begun with 12 of the staff at Hall Street.
The redundancies follow consecutive years of financial losses.
It was originally proposed to make 39 redundancies in the refrigeration section of the plant.
Alan Nuttall produces shop fittings and displays and has clients including M&S, Morrisons, Asda, Homebase, Costa, Nike, Sainsbury’s and Dunkin Donuts.
It was founded 52 years ago, employs more than 530 staff in production, sales and administration at sites in Dudley, Rugby and its headquarters are in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Nuttall’s latest set of accounts to December 2016 showed a pre-tax loss of £1.27 million, with total company turnover down £8m.
