Further job cuts made at David Brown

DAVID Brown, the Yorkshire engineering group, is to cut 75 jobs.

The gear manufacturer is making the cuts at its Huddersfield base and follows a a review of its UK business led by Steve Watson, who was appointed managing director for David Brown in Europe last October.

A further 75 jobs were lost at the same site last February.

David Brown said the move was necessary to help make it more efficient and able to compete globally.

The move will mean David Brown will employ 375 people in Huddersfield and comes just 15 months after the historic business won money from the Regional Growth Fund.
 
David Brown said the review – looking at customer requirements, performance targets and efficiencies – had identified “further necessary changes to the company’s structure and capability.”
 
Mr Watson said: “We are undertaking many initiatives to ensure we are better placed to compete in the global market, deliver the efficiencies our customers expect and enable us to build a stronger and more agile customer-focused business.
 
“As the mix of our business continues to change this will lead, regrettably, to some redundancies but it is essential that we adapt and flex the business to improve competitiveness and deliver our customer expectations.”