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.
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.55 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment, tableware and other household goods
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Kitchen and bathroom retailer Betta Living is making 300 staff redundant. A deal has been struck with administrators to sell the company's order book and to honour existing orders, though this will result in the closure of 24 shops and the loss of 300 jobs. A spokesperson for the administrators said that the forthcoming priority would be helping those who have been made redundant claim from the Redundancy Protection Service - the government service which provides payments when employers become insolvent.
Sources
16 November 2016: Insider Media
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Betta Living, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89286, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89286.
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