Britvic Plc announced that 18 number of people to lose their jobs at company in Belfast after the company announced it was to close its factory.

Britvic Plc is shutting its warehouse in east Belfast with the loss of 20 jobs. The move is part of proposals by the parent company to save £30 million next year, and includes closing manufacturing sites at Chelmsford and Huddersfield, where more than 300 posts will go. It ends more than half a century of drinks production and distribution on the Castlereagh Road, which operated as C&C before it was acquired by Britvic in August 2007. And it effectively represents a stake through the heart for staff at the site, which it is understood will be cleared by August to shoot part of a big-budget Dracula production announced by Universal Pictures.

More than 100 jobs in Chelmsford are under threat after Britvic announced plans to close the town's factory. It is hoped many office staff could move to the new HQ in Hemel Hempstead. Britvic confirmed earlier 2013 that there would up to 500 job losses in its 4,000-strong workforce as a result of a merger with AG Barr.