Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Samlesbury and Warton, Lancashire; Brough, Yorkshire; Farnborough, Hampshire; Chadderton, Manchester;
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products
Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment
25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

946 - 2,447 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
9 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011

Description

Defence company BAE Systems announced today that it plans to cut 946 jobs at sites across the UK. The company blamed the job losses on the changes in the defence programme announced in December, together with "other workload changes". 740 jobs will be cut from English sites in Brough, Chadderton, Farnborough, Samlesbury and Warton. A further 206 jobs will be cut across 12 sites in the UK by the end of 2011.

Update 11/4/11

BAE has announced that 230 jobs will be cut.  These cuts will be made on 3 sites.  Around 100 jobs are to go at the Scotswood Road factory in Newcastle; 70 in Wolverhampton and a further 60 at other sites including Farnborough.  These job losses form part of the potential 2447 jobs that BAE systems announced may be cut in 2011.


Sources

  • 9 September 2010: The Guardian
  • 9 September 2010: The BBC

Citation

Eurofound (2010), BAE Systems, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70936, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70936.