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Accommodation / Food 55 - Accommodation 55.1 - Hotels and similar accommodation 55.1 - Hotels and similar accommodation
155 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
29 November 2013
Foreseen end date
2 December 2013
Description
Menzies Hotel group will make 155 staff redundant in Gatwick, Luton and Swindon following the buyout of the group by the Topland Group. 49 of the affected jobs will go in Swindon and the rest in Gatwick and Luton.
The buyout secured the future of 12 other sites. Administrators stated that the three hotels were "unattractive to potential buyers" and that they would close by 2 December 2013.
Menzies group is based in Derbyshire.
Sources
29 November 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Menzies Hotel, Merger/Acquisition in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76271, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76271.