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.
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment
367 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 April 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Bed retailer Sleep Depot has announced that it will close. The firm had 100 plus outlets nationwide, 72 of them in Land of Leather stores. 367 jobs are expected to be lost and administrators Kroll has announced that it is in the process of speaking to employees to make them aware of the firms situation. No timescales have been given for the job losses yet.
Sources
1 April 2008: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Sleep Depot, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66477, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66477.