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Rowe the Printers closes with '50 job losses'
Almost 50 staff are believed to have lost their jobs following the closure of a Cornwall print company.
Hayle-based Rowe the Printers closed its doors on 12 September, leaving a message on the gates to the site announcing the closure.
Local newspaper The Cornishman said the company employed around 50 staff at the time of its closure.
Jim Wright of the Hayle Chamber of Commerce said that the company was a "good reputable local business" which he had dealt with for many years and that the closure had come as a shock to the town.
The company's phone line has been disconnected and its website is no longer in operation. However, it is thought that an administrator has not yet been appointed.
No directors of the company could be reached for comment.
It is believed that around 50 staff have lost their jobs
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Comments
Simon Biltcliffe- Webmart - 24 September 2008
If I wasn't such a cheery chap it'd get me down all these companies going down- just think how difficult it must be if you work at the company \( or one of the suppliers left with a debt).
Please don't buy any more presses people- just propagates the over capacity. There is a better way. Look forward to showing how at the debate on Monday.
Simon Biltcliffe
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it will get better
Mark Nixon - 25 September 2008
Strange comment "dont buy anymore presses" Perhaps investing in newer, faster and more efficient technology can actually give printing companies the ability to compete? Without efficient technology printers cant meet the demand placed on them of lower prices.
Mick Hart - 25 September 2008
I agree Mark. Comanies that don't invest to keep up are effectively 'asset stripping' in cutting investment costs in the short term. In the longer term their technology and plant become too outdated to then catch up. Buy a new press, but make sure the old one never prints again \(at least on this continent)
Dave Brent - 26 September 2008
As the old Chinese proverb goes:
"you have to run with the herd but if the whole herd stops we all get to drink".
Simple really.
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