King UK

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Accommodation / Food
56 - Food and beverage service activities
56.2 - Event catering, contract catering service activities and other food service activities
56.2 - Event catering, contract catering service activities and other food service activities
320 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
19 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

King UK, a catering supplier, is to cut 320 jobs across England and Wales. Administrators failed to find buyers for the business and as a result, company sites in Rugby, Hemel Hempstead, Cumbernauld, Northampton, Plymouth, Skemelsdale, Birmigham, Medway, Rotherham and Cardiff are to close down. As of 22 March 2009, no date has been confirmed for the closure.

Sources

  • 19 March 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), King UK, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68532, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68532.