Jarrolds cuts five senior managers

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19 September 2002

Jarrold Printing is believed to have made five senior managers redundant following interviews with newly appointed consultant Gary Iceton, the former chairman of Clays.

Human resources director David Huish, press room manager Alan Bayton, bindery manager Derek Forder, and pre-press managers Andrew Hawkins and David Hutton are the five involved, according to Peter Willard, secretary of the GPMU’s Norwich and North Anglia branch.

Iceton’s arrival has also raised further questions about Jarrold Printing’s future at its Norwich city centre site. At Clays, he was behind the ultimately unsuccessful bid to move the St Ives book-printing subsidiary from its Bungay plant.

Willard said he was "extremely concerned that so many senior, experienced members of staff who have been instrumental in maintaining Jarrolds’ position in the web offset industry are to be removed en bloc in this fashion".

"It leaves a serious question mark over the directors’ plans for the future of the business and how they intend to run it," he added.

Iceton joined Jarrolds in a consultancy role last month (PrintWeek, 30 August).

The Jarrold family increased its involvement in the business in March when Charles Jarrold replaced Rob Mills, who assumed responsibility for the printing division at the start of the year on the departure of William Mills.

Charles Jarrold was unavailable for comment as PrintWeek went to press.

Story by Gordon Carson

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