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.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Provision Of Services To The Community As A Whole 84.22 - Defence activities
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 July 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Islanders on Unst have been absorbing the news that the RAF radar base, the biggest employer, is to close. One hundred job losses will impact on everyone on the small Shetland island. One local businessman described it as the 'domino effect'. 'A large proportion of people living on Unst are connected to the base. On an island of 700 people, even losing a dozen people would make a huge impact. We're a small community already, we can't afford to lose anyone, particularly local people,' she said.
Sources
21 July 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Royal Air Force (RAF) Unst, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61951, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61951.
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