Astra Zeneca

Type
Relocation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Cheshire, London
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
21.2 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
700 - 1,000 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
18 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016

Description

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has announced that it plans to cut 700 jobs from its UK workforce by 2016 as part of global restructuring plans (see AstraZeneca-WO2013).  The company intends to relocate staff from the Alderly Edge and London sites to a new facility in Cambridge.  There are also plans to relocate 300 roles outside the UK.

Sources

  • 18 March 2013: Financial Times

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Astra Zeneca, Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75204, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75204.