DS Smith to close it`s Aylesford, Kent factory. 100 job losses expected.
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Behind a paywall for some, but will be elsewhere too I expect.
The plant has had a halving of its exports since Brexit. DS Smith has other plants in the UK, and in EU, but says its UK operation is being subsidised by its operations elsewhere, and that can`t continue.
Management say the Gov plans to diverge from EU rules are a hindrance and not a help to business.