Bernard Matthews will close its Norfolk headquarters tomorrow after 70 years. The poultry producer has been based at Great Witchingham since 1955 and more than 600 people are currently employed there.

Bernard Matthews will close its Norfolk headquarters tomorrow after 70 years. The poultry producer has been based at Great Witchingham since 1955 and more than 600 people are currently employed there.

According to accounts filed with Companies House for the year ended 1 January 2023, Bernard Matthews posted revenue of £284.8m ($361.1m), compared to £270.8m in the corresponding 12-month period.

Bernard Matthews was born in in Brooke, Norfolk in 1930 and was the son of a struggling mechanic. He left school at 16 and, after brief stints in the RAF's 617 'Dam Busters' squadron and a local ...

Bernard Matthews has confirmed its site in Great Witchingham will close. The factory has operated at the site since 1955. Credit: ITV News Anglia The poultry firm Bernard Matthews has confirmed it ...

600 jobs are at risk following the recent announcement of poultry processing firm Bernard Matthews closing the doors to its Norfolk site. The proposed closure lies within the processing plant and ...

Up to 600 jobs have been put at risk at poultry meat firm Bernard Matthews Farms after the company announced proposals to close its Norfolk, UK, site following another year of losses. The Norfolk ...

Bernard Matthews plant at risk of closure, putting 600 UK jobs at threat A review of the Norfolk facility is underway amid “huge challenges facing our sector”. Simon Harvey January 12, 2024 ...

The brand was founded by Bernard Trevor Matthews in 1950, when he bought 20 eggs and a second-hand incubator. By 1955, demand was so great that he bought Great Witchingham Hall in Norfolk to rear ...

Andy Trigg - BBC News, Norfolk January 11, 2024 at 10:33 AM Great Witchingham has been the home of Bernard Matthews since 1955 ...

Poultry producer Bernard Matthews has announced it is looking to close one of its sites. The company said its factory at Great Witchingham, Norfolk, had become "loss-making and not commercially ...