Welsh Secretary Peter Hain is meeting with Burberry heads tomorrow morning to dispute the possible closure of their...
Welsh Secretary Peter Hain is meeting with Burberry heads tomorrow morning to dispute the possible closure of their Treorchy plant.

He will press the luxury clothing retailer on its plans to close the factory, in order to relocate production overseas and push for them to explore other options.

Hain previously said that he understood why the Treorchy workers felt cheated, saying: 'Burberry's international success is based firmly in its 150-year-old roots in Britain.'

The Welsh Secretary is meeting commercial director and company secretary Michael Mahony and head of human resources Deborah Baker.

The GMB union has proposed setting up a sample prototype company in the factory, with Burberry to act as project manager.

A Burberry spokesman said: 'We are in discussion with the Welsh Clothing and Textile Association investigating how we might help them develop a new business idea at the Treorchy site.'