Type
Merger/Acquisition
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber; South Yorkshire; Sheffield
Location of affected unit(s)
Sheffield
Sector
Administrative Services
Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities
Activities Of Call Centres
82.2 - Activities of call centres

200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
10 February 2004
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2004
Foreseen end date

Description

Qjump, an online sales website owned by National Express, is to close due to its merger with Trainline. The latter, owned by the Virgin Group, has given Qjump three months to come up with a 'commercially viable' proposal. Otherwise, all of its 200 staff will face redundancy.


Sources

  • 10 February 2004: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Qjump, Merger/Acquisition in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59168, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59168.