Caterpillar said the full number of redundancies was not known Some 175 agency jobs have been lost at a Leicestershire factory, according to the Unite union. Caterpillar, which makes machines for ...

About 320 temporary staff based at the company's site in Desford have been told that their contracts will not be renewed, Caterpillar has confirmed. The company blamed "world financial events" for the ...

Three employees at a factory have been treated by paramedics after they were exposed to a toxic chemical. Emergency services were called to Caterpillar UK in Desford, Leicestershire, shortly after ...

Three employees at a factory have been treated by paramedics after they were exposed to a toxic chemical. Emergency services were called to Caterpillar UK in Desford, Leicestershire, shortly after ...

Caterpillar said it had offered a 9% salary increase along with a lump sum equal to 2.6% of wages. The move was criticised by George Brash, Unite regional officer, who described it as “a direct ...

Caterpillar’s UK sales rose from £684,000 to £4m in the year while they jumped from £800.6m to £898.5m in the rest of Europe and from £533.4m to £696.2m in the rest of the world.

Observing a mesmerising assembly of chocolate caterpillar cakes, foot by foot and spot by spot, being meticulously crafted is almost hypnotic. However, this isn't any ordinary cake, it's the ...