HC Deb 14 February 1979 vol 962 c545W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all industrial closures notified to him in the towns of Falmouth, Penryn, Hayle, Camborne and Redruth, since October 1974, giving the numbers of workers involved, and includ-

Town Name of Company Date of closure Number of workers involved
Falmouth … Marine Industrial Engineers … 17 January 1975 … 10
J. Roberts (Builders) … 24 February 1975 … 12
J. Sears & Co. … 4 March 1975 … 44
Taylors Garage Ltd. … 2 May 1975 … 34
Piran Furniture Co. Ltd. … 12 September 1975 … 24
Dredge & Marine Ltd. … 22 March 1977 … 107
Penryn … Frost Associates … May 1975 … 15
Hayle … *Knitting Mills Ltd … 29 August 1975 … 127
CEGB Hayle Power Station … March 1977 … 130
Camborne … Luke Anthony Ltd … 4 August 1978 … 27
Fantasy Ltd. … December 1975 … 30
Redruth … Precast Concrete Ltd. … 18 May 1976 … 44
W. A. Sawden … 31 January 1975 … 24
John Heathcote Ltd. … 28 February 1975 … 250
*Graham Brabyn … 6 September 1974 … 218
Vermillion Engineering Ltd. … 31 December 1975 … 71
Cornish Meat & Provision Co. … 10 January 1975 … 38
Harris West of England Bacon … 28 February 1976 … 19
*Cauldon Bristol Potteries … 29 October 1977 … 103
†MOD, Nancekuke … October 1978 … 185
*Mace, Rainbow & Stone … January 1976 … 95
West End Drapery … February 1979 … 30
FMC Meat … April 1976 … 20
Amalgamate Roadstone Corporation … April 1976 … 19
* Company taken over or reopened after closure and some of the original work force re-employed.
†MOD, Nancekuke ceased production in October 1978 but a skeleton staff is retained until final closure approximately April 1980.

I am also, of course, aware of the impending closure of Falmouth Ship-repairers Limited, in which 1,106 workers are involved.