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.
Samlesbury, Warton, Lancashire, Brough, Yorkshire, Farnborough, Hampshire, Chadderton, Manchester
Sector
Manufacturing (28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
946 - 2,447 jobs Number of planned job losses
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70936.
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