Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Auld Bond Road in Perth, has been producing millions of medical test tubes every week used to take Covid 19 samples. In October 2020 the company announced a recruitment drive for 200 staff as it ramped up production. In January it was looking to recruit 400 new staff.
However a spokesperson for the company now said it was “realigning” its output to meet UK requirements. Meaning up to 244 jobs could be lost as the rapid vaccine rollout in the UK has led to a reduction in demand for Covid test kits.
The spokesperson said: “Thermo Fisher Scientific routinely evaluates and adjusts our business capacity to best meet customer needs and societal demands."
“At our Perth site, we manufacture products that are critical to Covid-19 testing, specifically products that enable the transport of patient samples to laboratories.
“As we enter the next phase of our pandemic response, we are realigning our manufacturing output to meet customer requirements here in the UK.
