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.
South West; Gloucestershire; Wiltshire and North Somerset
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Provision Of Services To The Community As A Whole 84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
15 June 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Wiltshire Council has announced plans to cut 340 full-time jobs over the next year. The cuts are aimed at reducing staffing costs by £4m. The Council will offer "all staff" the option of voluntary redundancy. It will launch an informal consultation process at the end of May with a voluntary redundancy programme planned for mid-June. The authority has cut 630 jobs over the last three years (see Wiltshire Council-2011).
Sources
14 May 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Wiltshire Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75426, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75426.
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