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Wed 04 Apr 2003Guinness review may see up to 200 jobs cut
Guinness is conducting a wide-ranging review of its Irish operations, fuelling suggestions that it may be preparing to shed as many as 200 administrative jobs.
The company says it is determined to cut overheads after the merger late last year of its brewing and distilling divisions in Dublin. Declining to comment on persistent reports that it is set to make up to one-third of its sales and marketing division redundant, Guinness said it had embarked on a root-and-branch re-assessment of non-manufacturing activities and would announce a "new business approach" in late June, following consultations with staff.
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