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| Rolls-Royce plans 2,000 job cuts | Rolls-Royce plans 2,000 job cuts |
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| Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce has said it plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs in 2009. | |
| The firm also said it was in talks about a planned cut of 140 jobs at its Assembly and Test facility in Derby. | |
| The company currently employs about 39,000 people worldwide, of whom about 60% work in the UK. | |
| Rolls-Royce said it was "too early to be specific about the precise implications for the number and location of job reductions". | Rolls-Royce said it was "too early to be specific about the precise implications for the number and location of job reductions". |
| The company said it wanted to give its employees "an early indication of the likely scale" of the job cuts in 2009. | The company said it wanted to give its employees "an early indication of the likely scale" of the job cuts in 2009. |
| "We are determined to to maintain our focus on cost reduction and competitiveness as the world economy enters a challenging period," said Sir John Rose, Rolls-Royce's chief executive. | |
| Rolls-Royce announced in January it would cut 2,300 jobs during 2008. | |
| "To minimise compulsory redundancies, the group reduced its temporary workforce and, where possible, relied on voluntary severance, natural attrition and avoided recruitment," the company said. | |
| It plans "to adopt a similar approach in 2009." |