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.
Yorkshire and the Humber; West Yorkshire; Calderdale and Kirklees
Location of affected unit(s)
Halifax
Sector
Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10.8 - Manufacture of other food products 10.82 - Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery
270 jobs Number of planned job losses
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 March 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Nestlé has announced 270 job losses at its Easter Egg and Quality Street making Halifax plant. The reductions would almost halve the number employed at the plant and have a 'devastating' impact on the local community according to the Transport and General Workers Union. 200 seasonal workers will be employed.
Sources
30 March 2004: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Nestlé, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59059, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59059.
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