Alcatel-Lucent

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Swindon, Newport, Maidenhead
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
300 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
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, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76788, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76788.