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.
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 March 2025
Employment effect (start)
12 March 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2026
Description
The Caisse d’Épargne Bretagne Pays de Loire, a regional French bank, is set to cut 100 jobs between 2025 and 2027. The restructuring is being driven by the growing shift toward online banking, fourteen of its agencies are being closed. Seven of these closures will take place in Brittany, affecting agencies in Guilers, Quimperlé Brémond d’Ars, Bannalec, Plonéour-Lanvern (Finistère), Bubry (Morbihan), Merdrignac (Côtes-d’Armor), and Rennes Kennedy (Ille-et-Vilaine). The first wave of job cuts will occur in 2025, affecting 52 positions within the commercial network. The remaining layoffs will be implemented gradually until 2027.
Eurofound (2025), Caisse d’Épargne Bretagne Pays de Loire (CEBPL), Closure in France, factsheet number 202481, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202481.
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