© South Wales Evening Post - 6 September 2005
The company which publishes the South Wales Evening Post may close its Adelaide Street press and transfer printing the Post elsewhere. South West Wales Publications (SWWP) yesterday announced that it proposed to close the press, which employs 67 people at the Evening Post's Swansea headquarters and move production to other presses run by its parent company, Northcliffe Newspapers Ltd.
The company has started a 30-day consultation period with the printers, and stressed that no decision has yet been made.
If the proposal is confirmed, the Post and other SWWP titles would be transferred to other Northcliffe print centres by the end of October.
SWWP managing director Chris Rees said today that the proposed closure had been made with "great regret".
He added: "Our press in Swansea lacks colour capacity, and print quality is poor. Recently, the press has shown signs of unreliability."
Evening Post editor Spencer Feeney said: "If the proposed closure of our Swansea press is confirmed, Evening Post staff will ensure that our readers and advertisers will continue to receive the current level of service they enjoy".
