Sensodyne maker Haleon to shut UK factory with loss of 435 jobs
More than 400 jobs are to be axed at Sensodyne toothpaste and Advil painkillers firm Haleon as the group revealed plans to shut its only manufacturing site in the UK.
The consumer healthcare group, which was spun out of drugs giant GSK in 2022, is shutting its factory in Maidenhead, Berkshire, which will affect the 435 staff at the site.
It is aiming to close the operation on a phased basis over the next two years but stressed that the plans are being consulted on.
St James’s Place sees funds grow despite ‘elevated outflows’
City investment house St James’s Place reported a rise in funds under management for the first quarter today, as well as net fund inflows.
But the FTSE 100 company put the performance down to well-performing investments, as customers withdrew funds and new inflows s t aye d “ broadly unchanged ” year-on-year in …
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