Company will close Slough plant where malt drink is made and axe proposed Cumbria factory with loss of about 320 jobsGlaxoSmithKline has unveiled plans to sell its Horlicks brand in the UK, shut the Slough plant where the malt drink is made and abandon a proposed £350m biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Cumbria. It may also sell its antibiotics business at Ulverston, which produces brands such as Zinnat, Zinacef and Fortum. John Woodcock (@JWoodcockMP) Shocking for UK manufacturing. The company is the latest to cut back on its UK manufacturing. Meanwhile, Jaguar Land Rover announced it would build its latest sports utility vehicle in Austria and China, with its UK plants already close to capacity.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 14:52 UTC