The shock blow comes as further uncertainty has been cast over the beleaguered factory by Young’s take over of another troubled seafood company nearly 300 miles away.
Letters of notice will be handed out to 70 staff in Cromer who are being warned the earliest they could be out of a job is January 16.
Factory bosses said the decision to make redundancies had “not been taken lightly,” but jobs had to be cut as whatever becomes of the Holt Road plant it will not be able to maintain the current number of employees.
When the factory began its 90-day consultation in September, 230 people were working on site but this number has now dropped to 198 as employees from across the pay bracket have found new jobs.
