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 Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.31 - Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags
161 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Ceramics company Wedgwood has announced that 161 jobs are to go over the next few weeks.
Three hundred posts were reviewed in November resulting in 78 people losing their jobs at the Coalport site in Staffordshire in January. A spokesman said the latest cuts are less than was first thought and include some voluntary redundancies. Talks with staff and unions have taken place. The losses will reduce the workforce in Stoke-on-Trent to about 2,000 people. The company will continue its review to ensure production costs are kept in line with market demand and business expectations over the coming year, the spokesman said.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Wedgwood, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63155, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63155.
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