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Pfizer site in Sandwich set to retain 650 jobs | |
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About 650 jobs will remain at the Kent research and development facility of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer - 300 more than previously announced. | |
It has emerged that about 800 staff have already left their posts at the Sandwich Discovery Park, with a further 700 still to go by the end of 2012. | |
The company said a further 250 staff had moved to other UK sites. | |
Pfizer announced in February that its operation, which employs 2,400 people, would close. | |
A total of about 1,500 staff will have been made redundant and about 900 staff retained by the end of the process. | |
Phased exit | Phased exit |
A consultation process on the proposals formally ended on Thursday. | |
Kent County Council said the site offered an opportunity for new pharmaceutical, "cleantech" and hi-tech research and development companies to start up. | |
In June Pfizer announced it would retain some operations at its research and development facility. | |
The company said it would continue its phased exit of the remainder of the site, on Ramsgate Road, by 2012 and it would review the retained operation within a few years as part of its business planning. | |