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Redundancy notices issued at Grangemouth
Members of the Unite union march and rally at the Scottish Parliament in protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery, November 28, 2024

HUNDREDS of workers at Grangemouth have been served redundancy notuces as PetroIneos prepares to close Scotland’s only oil refinery.

As many as 500 workers at the site, and an estimated 2,500 more in the supply chain, are expected to lose their jobs in the coming months, in a process a company spokesman described as “safely transitioning the site from a refinery into an import terminal.”

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