Banana firm Fyffes is to close its banana rippening centre in Chippenham.

The job losses will be part of a planned axing of 200 jobs in a huge overhaul of its subsidiary Geest Bananas.

Fyffes, which is based in Dublin, and the Windward Island Banana Development Company, jointly own Geest.

They will close two of Geest's UK banana ripening centres, in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and Clyde Valley, Scotland.

Jobs will also be lost at Geest's head office in Southampton. At the same time, Fyffes plans to close its ripening centre in Blaby, Leicestershire.

The company has not indicated when the cuts will be made but said the restructuring would cost £2.5 million.