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.
South West; Gloucestershire; Wiltshire and North Somerset
Location of affected unit(s)
Innsworth
Sector
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Provision Of Services To The Community As A Whole 84.22 - Defence activities
1,700 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
The RAF Innsworth base is to close with the loss of up to 1,700 posts, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The personnel and training command at RAF Innsworth, in Gloucestershire, is to be relocated to RAF High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire. The MoD said the decision would save £420 million over 25 years and make the RAF command more efficient. The merger, due by October 2006, will result in the loss of 1,000 posts, with further posts gone by 2008.
Sources
16 June 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Royal Air Force (RAF), Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61765, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61765.
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