THE future of staff at Martin Dawes Systems in Warrington will be decided early next week following speculation that staff were facing the sack.

Dewi Thomas, managing director of the company, said: "No formal redundancies have been announced.

"Martin Dawes Systems (UK) is currently going through a period of consultation, and an announcement will be made early next week."

The Guardian has learned from a source close to the company that a number of employees at the outfit, which has its base in Priestley House, Sankey Street, were set to be made redundant.