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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Train manufacturer, Bombardier, has announced that it is to create 150 new jobs. Around 80% of the new roles are expected to be at its Derby headquarters and will be for engineers and project managers. Bombardier employs 1,600 at Derby and a further 1,900 at seven other UK sites. The new jobs follow a number of new contracts for the firm including a contract for the Crossrail train company announced in 2014 as well as a contract to add carriages to London Overground services. It is not known when the new jobs are expected to be filled.
Sources
13 February 2015: Insider Media
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Bombardier, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 78591, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78591.
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