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Iconic seaside holiday park which closed after 80 years sparks raft of jobs cuts as site undergoes transformation
Apr 26, 2025
AN ICONIC seaside holiday park which suddenly closed after 80 years has cut 20 jobs - despite telling staff they'd stay employed.
Pontins Pakefield Holiday Village in Lowestoft, Sussex shut in January this year with plans to use it as accomodation for 500 workers building a nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast.
The park's owners Britannia Hotels originally said staff would be keeping their jobs.
But now they've accounced more than 20 redundancies.
Sizewell C Nuclear plant has already begun revamping the site to create 513 bed spaces to help build Britain’s first new nuclear power station in 30 years, with a budget of £46bn.
The French energy company, EDF, is bankrolling the development and has promised that the influx of workers would revive the area.
In a meeting before the park's closure in January, staff said they had been reassured that their jobs were safe, and that those on zero-hour contracts would be given 40-hour contracts.
But, an email sent to staff from Britannia Hotels earlier this month read: "Unfortunately, Pakefield will no longer be operating as a holiday park.
"Therefore, I am regretfully writing to confirm that it is likely that your position is at risk of redundancy, and you should regard the receipt of this letter as a warning notice of the potential redundancy.
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