Administrative costs, excluding exchange movement, fell by 13% in the year (£847,000). Of this amount,
£363,000 of savings were made as a result of the improvements to the logistics flow and £214,000 indirect labour
cost savings were achieved following restructuring in the previous year. In addition, quality debit notes reduced
by 58% (£42,000), mould maintenance costs reduced by £72,000 due internal recruitment enabling the company
to perform more in house maintenance work and the 9 week shutdown resulted in other overhead costs being
reduced including light and heat which fell by £112,000 on last year.
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