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.
Wales; South East Wales; Monmouthshire and Newport
Location of affected unit(s)
St Athan
Sector
Public Administration / Defence 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole 84.22 - Defence activities
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2010
Foreseen end date
1 January 2013
Description
The Defense Support Group has announced plans to close its military aircraft maintenance base in South Wales resulting in the loss of 340 jobs. The move is blamed on a decreased contract activity by 70% following the end of a contract to maintain the ageing VC10 aircraft. The Ministry of Defence has begun consultation with the unions and it is hoped the jobs could be lost through voluntary redundancies. However, compulsory job losses are not be ruled out. 200 jobs will go within the next year and the rest by June 2013.
Sources
30 November 2009: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Defense Support Group, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69968, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69968.
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