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.
West Midlands (England); Shropshire and Staffordshire; Shropshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Minsterley
Sector
Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice 10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products and edible ice
350 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 August 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2012
Description
Uniq Desserts, a creamery in south Shropshire, has announced plans to cut up tp 350 jobs in Minsterley. The company said its Everyday Desserts line had been losing money and production would end in June 2012. Some production of Everyday Desserts will transfer to Uniq's sister site in Somerset while the remainder will move to other suppliers.
Sources
23 August 2011: BBC
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Uniq Desserts, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72303, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72303.
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