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.
Administrative Services Rental And Leasing Activities Rental And Leasing Of Other Machinery, Equipment And Tangible Goods 77.32 - Rental and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
92 - 343 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Plant hire company Hewden has entered administration and has issued a total of 343 redundancy notices. Ashtead Plant Hire group has bought three divisions of the group, resulting in the transfer of 133 jobs. Initially administrators EY announced that 251 staff had been given redundancy notices, with 92 further redundancies confirmed a week later.
Hewden had issued a statement in October 2016 forewarning of trouble ahead and had suggested that the decision to leave the EU had contributed to market uncertainty. At the time of entering administration Hewden employed 745 people across various roles. It is not known what the fate is for the remaining jobs; previous efforts to secure a complete buyout of the company had proved unsuccessful.
UPDATE 16/12/2016: Jobs at former Hewden depots at Bangor and Warrington have been saved following the purchase of these sites by Ashbrook Plant Hire. This has resulted in 251 jobs being saved.
Sources
22 November 2016: BBC Website
22 November 2016: Sharecast
29 November 2016: Construction News
16 December 2016: Builder and Engineer
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Hewden, Merger/Acquisition in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89316, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89316.
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