Type
Relocation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; Highlands and Islands; Inverness and Nairn and Moray
Location of affected unit(s)
Inverness
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10 - Manufacture of food products

304 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 July 2009
Employment effect (start)
24 July 2009
Foreseen end date

Description

Strathaird Salmon, a fish processor, has confirmed it will close its factory in Inverness on Friday. Twenty two staff have decided to relocate to other factories while 304 took redundancy. Production will be moved from Inverness to Grimsby and Fraserburgh. The company announced that it would have been able to absorb the jobs within other factories, but recognised that it staff may not be willing to relocate.


Sources

  • 21 July 2009: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Strathaird Salmon, Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69313, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69313.