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SNP urged to save hundreds of jobs at McVitie's factory
Opposition MSPs call for funding to avert almost 500 cuts

Scotland editor

OPPOSITION MSPs urged the Scottish government to provide significant funding to save almost 500 jobs at a historic biscuit factory in Glasgow’s East End. 

Transnational company Pladis, which owns the McVitie’s factory in Tollcross, has ignored desperate pleas from unions and community groups to cancel the factory’s closure, which would put hundreds of people out of work. 

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