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.
Manufacturing (31) Manufacture of furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
1,600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 July 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Administrative receivers have been called in at the furniture makers Christie Tyler . Up to 1,600 jobs are at threat in factories in Wales, the West Midlands and Lincolnshire. The company will be formally put up for sale by Ernst & Young, who have been appointed administrative receivers. They blamed Christie Tyler's problems on increasing international competition and more recently on the weakness of retail sales in the UK which fell to a record low in June.
Sources
5 July 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Christie Tyler, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61914, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61914.