Firm blames European economy for agency staff cuts

A firm which makes machine tools has cut 37 agency jobs and says it is down to issues in the European economy.

Yamazaki Mazak employs 600 people at its Worcester headquarters but a spokesperson said demand for their products was down and it had reduced its dependency on agency contract staff.

In a statement the company added: "The European economic climate is currently affecting machine tool demand.

"We have had to make a decision to reduce our dependency on agency contract staff and rebalance capacity.

"We very much value the contribution of contract staff to our business and hope to once again hire them as European business conditions improve."

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