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West Midlands; Herefordshire; Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Moulton Park, Northants; Brackmills, Northants.
Sector
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Job losses are expected following the news that the supermarket chain Tesco is planning to close one of its distribution centres in Northampton. As part of a business review Moulton Park depot will close and some of the work from the Brackmills depot will transfer to Daventry and south Wales. More than 200 people work at both depots in Northants but the extent of the job losses is not yet known. Tesco said it may consider requests from staff for voluntary redundancy. The Union Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) said it would explore all the options available to the affected staff and, if there were redundancies, it would make sure the best packages available were offered. In a statement, Tesco said it was discussing various options with everyone affected, including considering requests for voluntary redundancy. It was also possible that some staff will be found other roles elsewhere within Tesco, the company said.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Tesco, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63154, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63154.
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