Article: 50 jobs under threat to stem road haulage firm's losses ; Up to 50 jobs could be lost at a road haulage company after staff were told the firm is losing too much money.

Up to 50 jobs could be lost at a road haulage company after staff were told the firm is losing too much money.

French-owned company Norbert Dentressangle has put staff at its Heathfield depot near Newton Abbot, Devon, on a 30-day consultation period.

The firm employs between 40 and 50 drivers and 10 warehouse workers. Employees have been waiting for the firm's final decision on the consultation, which ends in August.

One employee, who did not want to be named, said he feared staff would be made redundant. "Some drivers have been here for 18 years and they are absolutely devastated," he added.

"We were told ...

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