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.
Other Services 95 - Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles 95.2 - Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods 95.2 - Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods
280 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Comet, an electrical retailer, is to cut 280 jobs across the UK. Four of the company's service centres will be closed. The affected units are Stockport, Barnsley, Bridgend and Broxburn in West Lothian. The company employs 10,000 people across the UK, with around 1,600 of these operating in service centres and the head office. As of 8 March 2009 no date has been set for these closures.
Sources
2 March 2009: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Comet, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68447, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68447.
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