CONFUSION reigns this week over the future of staff at Trowbridge-based company, Airsprung Beds.

According to a spokesman for the Transport and General Workers Union one senior manager at the company has already been made redundant and the jobs of two others rest on the result of hearings due to be held yesterday.

He said: "These are all people with 30 years experience. The company is trying to rearrange priorities because orders are dropping off."

Other staff members are facing changes to their shift patterns.

"People are desolate they are really down about the reorganisation because some of them on shifts have wives working.

"They are losing shift allowances and parents have got to find childcare or give up work. People are leaving in droves."

Fitec, Airsprung's felt-producing arm, has been closed due to EU regulations and most staff are thought to have left voluntarily.

Managing director Stephen Harrington denied the company was having any problems.

He said: "There have not been any redundancies. There has been some reorganisation."

He said the company remains busy and declined to comment on any future redundancies.