Swedish bakery firm Schulstad revealed earlier today [Wednesday] that it will be making 37 of its 70 employees in Lulea, northern Sweden, redundant because manual labour will be unnecessary when the company installs new production machinery. 

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Ten of the unlucky employees will be reappointed after the machines are installed however, said the company.


The redundancies will be made between March and May this year.

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