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.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Administration Of The State And The Economic And Social Policy Of The Community 84.1 - Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2013
Foreseen end date
31 January 2014
Description
Blackpool council has announced that it is to cut 300 jobs in the next financial year. The council has identified that it will make around 50 compulsory redundancies and 60 voluntary redundancies with the remainder of job losses expected to be made through natural attrition.
The council hopes to avoid the compulsory job losses through early retirement or voluntary redundancy where possible.
Sources
29 January 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Blackpool Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74904, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74904.
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