UK: Tesco to close Cheshire facility
By: Michelle Russell | 2 March 2010
UK retail giant Tesco has confirmed plans to close its Middlewich distribution centre in Cheshire with the possibility of around 400 job losses.
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UK retail giant Tesco has confirmed plans to close its Middlewich distribution centre in Cheshire with the possibility of around 400 job losses.
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