Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Northern Ireland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

460 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 September 2002
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 September 2002

Description

Shorts, which makes fuselages and engine nacelles for a range of Bombardier aircraft, has announced it will reduce its personnel by 460. These losses are on top of 416 permanent posts and 527 temporary workers and sub-contractors who have left through voluntary or compulsory redundancy.


Sources

  • 6 September 2002: The Irish Times

Citation

Eurofound (2002), Belfast Aerospace, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60186, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60186.