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.
West Midlands; Shropshire and Staffordshire; Shropshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Market Drayton
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10 - Manufacture of food products
210 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
About 210 jobs are being cut at Northern's Palethorpes food factory in Shropshire, it has been announced. The redundancies at Palethorpes in Market Drayton are among more than 1,000 losses at within the Northern Foods group, which is also closing the Trafford Park factory in Manchester, where 690 jobs will be lost. Northern has put Palethorpes on the market as it concentrates on the most profitable parts of its business - producing pizzas, biscuits and ready meals.
Sources
25 August 2006: The Guardian
24 August 2006: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Palethorpes, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63971, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63971.
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