In what has been an unprecedented and fast-moving situation, we have been adopting all public health advice provided by the UK Government as this has developed over recent weeks, for example adopting additional hygiene measures on site, implementing social distancing and self-isolation regimes, and facilitating home working for all staff that are able to do so.

Now, in support of the latest UK Government effort to bring the pandemic under control, and to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues, we have decided to suspend all manufacturing operations until further notice.

We have therefore commenced an orderly shutdown of our over 40 manufacturing sites across the UK, which will be completed over the coming days. A skeleton staff will be maintained at our sites during the shutdown period to ensure safety and security is maintained.