OVER the past 20 years, Britain's labour market has become much more fluid.

Long gone are the days of a "job for life" - there are few, if any, such positions open to today's job-seekers.

However, when a change of employment is thrust upon you the impact is just as severe as it always has been.

Spare a thought, then, for the workers at Morses Club, in St John's, and at Warndon's Cosworth Technology.

More than 500 people are facing uncertain futures after workers at both centres were told they are to be made redundant.

The work undertaken at Morses Club - owned by London Scottish Bank - is to be transferred elsewhere.

Although sad for the people involved, this would appear to be a modern-day business reality.

The story of Cosworth Technology is, it would appear, more complex.

It was only four years ago that the firm was announcing a multi-million pound expansion plan.

For 25 years, the company has led the way in manufacturing cylinder heads and blocks for race and road car engines.

So, what happened? We are told that it has been unable to win enough business in the face of overseas competition - but is to be sold by owners Audi for £50m.

Could not more have been done to safeguard this flagship company's future in the city?

Much has been made of the Worcester-Birmingham Technology Corridor, backed by Advantage West Midlands.

Without firms like Cosworth, the corridor is in danger of becoming a dead end.