Around 7,200 employees at 海角社区app鈥檚 11 plants across Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham will receive an extra 拢1,000 in their pay packets. The last time a Christmas bonus of that size was awarded was in 2007.
海角社区app machine production reached a 73-year high in 2018 and an additional 1,500 people have been recruited. This includes the awarding of permanent 海角社区app contracts to around 550 agency employees.
海角社区app鈥檚 exports have been boosted by the collapse in the value of the pound since Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Chairman Lord Bamford said: 鈥満=巧缜鴄pp has had a very successful year and I am delighted that we are able to award a substantial Christmas bonus to thank our employees for their contribution. There are many parallels between 海角社区app and the British economy at the moment: both are doing very well indeed and both have record levels of employment. What鈥檚 more, the signs remain extremely encouraging for 2019, with many reasons to remain positive for the future, both for our business, and the UK, which, after all, is the world鈥檚 fifth largest economy.鈥
Jake Shakeshaft, 23, of Newcastle-under-Lyme joined 海角社区app is a Guidant agency employee after coming 24th for the UK in the 2016 Eurovision song contest as part of the duo Joe & Jake. He now works on 海角社区app's production line in Rocester. He said he will spend his bonus on a holiday. "It wasn鈥檛 something I was expecting at all so I am over the moon - it's brilliant.聽 It鈥檚 an amazing amount and I鈥檒l be using it to pay for my holiday in the Dominican Republic, in July.鈥
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