Jobs fight after brewery takeover

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The deal will herald the break-up of Edinburgh-based Scottish & Newcastle, whose UK operation and 3,300 staff will pass to Dutch giant Heineken.

Iain MacLean, national officer of the Unite union, said: "It will result in a period of uncertainty for the workforce and we are primarily concerned about the implications for UK jobs.

"We have a meeting with Scottish & Newcastle next week and we will be looking for Carlsberg and Heineken to guarantee the security of our members' jobs."

Heineken would not comment on potential UK job losses. The Dutch firm currently has no brewing operations in this country.

S&N - the world's seventh largest brewer by sales volume - has breweries in Manchester, Reading, Dunston near Newcastle, and Tadcaster, in North Yorkshire.

The company also owns the Bulmers cider mill in Hereford and has administrative staff in Edinburgh and Staines, Middlesex.

Danish brewer Carlsberg and Heineken began their pursuit of the Foster's and Newcastle Brown Ale maker last October and S&N's board finally accepted the pair's fourth offer for the business, worth 800p a share.

The deal will also net £218 million for Blackpool Tower owner and leisure tycoon Trevor Hemmings, who sold holiday camp chain Pontins to S&N in 1989 in return for a stake in the brewer. Mr Hemmings bought Pontins back from S&N in 2000, but still holds a 2.8% stake in the brewer.

FTSE 100-listed S&N can trace S&N's history back more than 250 years to 1749. It has bought up rival UK brewers in recent years - such as its acquisition of Courage in 1995 - and expanded overseas.