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Nestlé create 300 new jobs

Nestlé has announced it will bring 300 new jobs to Staffordshire, following £110 million of investment in its coffee production.

The company plans to expand its Nescafé Dolce Gusto factory in Tutbury, Derbyshire, and will increase its workfore to 800 by 2013.

It follows a wave of Nestlé investment in the UK, including £200 million to transform its confectionery production in York; £40 million to create a European centre of excellence for Nescafé Cappuccino in Cumbria, and £35 million to create a new water bottling factory in Buxton.

Paul Grimwood, chairman and chief executive officer of Nestlé UK and Ireland revealed the plans at an event in Tutbury.

He said: “We are creating our next generation of world class competitive manufacturing facilities.

“We need to continue to innovate to remain ahead of the market and are committed to the ongoing modernisation of our UK manufacturing capabilities.”

The Prime Minister welcomed the news, adding: “This new investment by Nestlé and the jobs it will create is brilliant news for UK manufacturing and for the local community.

“This demonstrates what can be achieved by investing in capacity and people as Nestlé has done consistently over recent years.

“The jobs created by this new investment will benefit both skilled workers and those leaving school who will be able to train in the workplace to become the skilled workers of the future.”

The investment will equip the factory with 12 new high speed production lines to triple its output of its coffee capsule product, 90% of which will be exported to 38 countries around the world.

Around 300 of the new employees at the Tutbury site will form part of the first intake of the Nestlé Academy which will offer young people apprenticeships, graduate programmes and on-the-job training.

Tutbury was Nestlé’s first UK manufacturing site, and since opening in 1901, it has produced condensed milk and Nescafé coffee.

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