1.   The management says that it will take on board suggestions from employees about child-care facilities.

2.   Management say they should wait until September when the results of a EC study into pay is released.

3.   Management says improvements are in hand but they need more money for modernisation.

4.   The management say Government defence cuts are to blame.

5.   Union officials at the plant have been called to a conference in Nottingham, but management say most work at the plant is already funded from abroad.

6.   After years of uncertainty, the new management says the Roses Theatre now has a bright future.

7.   Management say any compulsory redundancies will be announced later.

8.   But management say that while they would like to employ specialist staff they simply have not got the money.