Credit: PA Images Hoover has announced it is withdrawing its last operations from Merthyr Tydfil ... and similar products in Europe. Hoover was acquired by Haier in 2019. The complete withdrawal ...

About 45 jobs are at risk at Hoover Candy's head office in Merthyr Tydfil. Hoover's parent company Haier Electronics is looking to centralise parts of it operations in Warrington by spring 2020.

Hoover thanked staff for their "many years of loyal service". In a letter to Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney MP Gerald Jones, Haier's UK human resources director Matthew Given said: "Last week we ...