Some 165 staff have been laid off by the company in the past fortnight, mostly from its Great Witchingham units.
Now, a European-funded programme called Response to Redundancy is being put in place to help them with advice, training, CVs and job applications. A task force from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is likely to be set up specifically to deal with the layoffs at Bernard Matthews. Reports the local paper
What will the E. Commission say?