The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat
642 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 March 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Tulip, the British meat producer has confirmed that it will close its fresh pork products manufacturing plant in Tipton, England, making 642 employees redundant. According to the company, the date of the closure will be decided as part of individual consultations with affected employees.
A spokesperson for the company said that the site would require major “investment and redevelopment” to make production sustainable and Tulip will instead move operations elsewhere in the UK.
A regional officer of the trade union Unite said the news was ‘devastating.’ Tulip is one the UK’s largest meat producers, with 15 production sites across the UK. There have recently been a number of coronavirus infections at Tipton and the company has suspended exports from this site.
Eurofound (2020), Tulip, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101181, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101181.
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