Remploy was originally set up in the 1940s to offer sheltered and safe work for people with disabilities.

BBC: Sheffield protest over Remploy factory closures

Remploy, which has 54 factories across the UK, was originally set up in the 1940s to offer sheltered and safe work for people with disabilities.

BBC: Disabled Remploy workers protest over jobs fears

The companies say they've already sheltered tens of thousands of evacuees and that much of that work has been subcontracted to small and local firms.

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