Pottery firm Emma Bridgewater to cut staff hours
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Pottery firm Emma Bridgewater is to cut staff hours due to rising costs and tough trading conditions.
The firm said staff would see a temporary pay cut for eight weeks from 10 July, as it moves to 80% of usual working hours.
BBC News said the GMB union, which is not recognised by the company, said it had been approached by some staff concerned about their futures.
Changes will affect both full-time and part-time staff at the factory, the firm’s warehouse and some support workers, a spokesperson for the firm said.
About 480 people work at Emma Bridgewater, which began production in Stoke-on-Trent in 1985 and produces ceramics at its factory on Lichfield Street.
