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.
St Athan, S Wales & Fleetlands, South East England
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
725 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2007
Description
The Defence Aviation Repair Agency, (Dara), at St Athan where an £80 million fighter aircraft repair centre was opened just seven months ago, will lose 500 jobs it was revealed by Adam Ingram, the armed forces minister. He warned there would be a significant number of compulsory redundancies. The announcement provoked an outcry by union leaders. The site, where there is an £80 million hangar funded by UK taxpayers and the Welsh assembly, will shut by April 2007. The agency's engine maintenance business at Fleetlands, in Hampshire, will close, losing 225 jobs, while the helicopter repair business at Fleetlands and at Almondbank in Scotland will be market tested.
Sources
9 November 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Defence Aviation Repair Agency, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62496, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62496.
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