90 staff are to go at De La Rue

De La Rue is cutting 90 jobs out of around 440 at its Portsmouth cash systems manufacturing and assembly plant to improve competitiveness

De La Rue is cutting 90 jobs out of around 440 at its Portsmouth cash systems manufacturing and assembly plant to improve competitiveness.


A number of product lines will move to other European locations and several older lines will be axed.


Divisional manufacturing manager Michael Head said: "By simplifying our manufacturing operations we hope to safeguard, as far as possible, the jobs of those involved in manufacturing at Portsmouth."