THE credit crunch has claimed its first victim in Barnsley after production at Hanson's Stairfoot brickworks was halted with a loss of 76 jobs.
Workers were called to a meeting on Monday when bosses broke the bad news that the plant would stop making bricks in August.
A skeleton staff will remain on site to supervise a production 'run down' and sell any bricks which are already in the store yard.
Hanson's decided to mothball the Stairfoot site because of the economic downturn which has hit the construction industry hard. It is anticipated production will not start again for at least two years.
