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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.3 - Manufacture of communication equipment
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it is to close branches in Swindon, Newport and Maidenhead with the loss of 300 jobs. These job losses form part of the company’s previously announced 10,000 job cuts worldwide in a reorganisation plan entitled "shift".
Other EU job cuts announced by the company in 2013 are reported for Austria, Germany and France.
Sources
14 March 2014: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Alcatel-Lucent, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76788, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76788.
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