SNP Campaign News

Computer printer firm Lexmark is to close its manufacturing plant in Fife, with the loss of 700 jobs.

Workers at the firm's plant in Admiralty Park, Rosyth, were told that 500 jobs would be cut by April with the last 200 going by the end of the year.

The American-owned company, which makes printers and cartridges, has been in Scotland for 10 years. It is shedding 1,400 jobs globally in response to a worldwide decline in demand for the cartridges.

The SNP has called for an action plan to be implemented in the area to offset the jobs lost following the announcement. Dunfermline & West Fife candidate Douglas Chapman earlier today took time out of the by-election campaign to meet with a group of local employers.

SNP News Items from the Dunfermline & West Fife By-Election