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.
South West (England); Gloucestershire and Wiltshire; Wiltshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Devizes
Sector
Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10 - Manufacture of food products 10 - Manufacture of food products
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 June 2010
Employment effect (start)
25 June 2010
Foreseen end date
25 June 2010
Description
Hayden's Bakeries is opening a new premises this week in Devizes, Wiltshire, creating 150 new jobs across all levels. The company is the town's largest employer, having originated as a single shop in Marlborough in 1976, and had an turnover of £21m in 2009. It supplies bakery, patisserie and chilled desert products for Waitrose and Marks and Spencer. Devises MP Claire Perry will officially open the site on 25th June. No figures were given for the number currently employed by the company.
Sources
24 June 2010: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Hayden's Bakeries, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70674, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70674.
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