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.
East Midlands; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
South Wigston
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.71 - Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
350 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
8 May 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Food producer RF Brookes has announced plans to cut almost 200 jobs in a bid to cut costs and sustain the business. The announcement came after a review of the business demand over the coming months and reflects the termination of supplier contracts in 2011. The company has just entered a 90-day consultation period.
On 18 July 2012, the company announced 150 additional redundancies. A company spokesman said that production from Leicester has moved to Notingham as a result of several recent strikes and blamed the job losses on the relocation. The total number of redundancies is now 350.
Sources
18 July 2012: BBC News
8 May 2012: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2012), RF Brookes, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73564, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73564.
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