date:Oct 17, 2012
ic of Vion blocking a viable bid for the plant. If the Halls meat plant were to continue in operation, it would not complete with Vions other plants because it mainly supplies the Scottish market. So it is difficult to believe that the bid could have been successful.
A spokesman for Vion UK said the firm had asked the Graph Mortgage Corporation for more details about its rescue plan. Since those had not been forthcoming, it decided to dismiss the bid.
The spokesman declined to comment on the p