Dozens of Fife jobs at risk as major employer Diageo starts cost-cutting programme

Fife staff at drinks giant Diageo are at risk of redundancy as the company prepares start a major cost-cutting programme. The announcement came as Diageo, which makes Guinness and Baileys, revealed weaker sales and profits for the past year. The trade union GMB told The Courier that workers at both Fife plants have been put at risk of redundancy. It is understood that 72 workers are at risk at the firm’s Cameronbridge Distillery, with 10 redundancies anticipated. Two miles away, Diageo’s Cameronbridge site is Europe’s largest grain distillery and serves as the primary engine for the firm’s global spirits business, employing around 200 people.