Job loss team help Kent airport staff
03.08.05
A specialist redundancy team is in Kent to help staff laid off after the collapse of PlaneStation, owner of EUjet and Kent Airport, last week. The Redundancy Support Service, run by the South East England Development Agency, will help staff who have lost their jobs.
Grant Thornton, the administrator for PlaneStation, said a skeleton staff of 72 would be kept on to keep the airport operational while it searched for a buyer. Workers at Kent Airport were told on Monday that 127 people are to be made redundant. The administrator of EUjet in the Republic of Ireland has not so far given a figure for the number of airline staff who lost their jobs but it is thought to be at least another 100.
Graeme Carey of the Redundancy Support Service said: 'We have offered support from benefits and state pensions advice to starting your own business.' Carey said it may not be possible for employees to remain in the airport sector unless they were willing to travel to work. But he said many would have skills that could be transferred, for example to the retail sector which was buoyant in Thanet.
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