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.
East of England; Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; Hertfordshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Bishop's Stortford
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Dessert manufacturer Gu Puds has announced plans to create 100 jobs when it opens its new site in Bishop's Stortford. As well as manufacturing the current range of luxury puddings, the site will also house an innovation centre, where new desserts will be developed. The business, which was started in 2003, is well known for its range of desserts which are sold in ramekins and is focused at the luxury end of the ready made market. The exact date for the facility's opening has note been specified, though it will open during the summer of 2017 and recruitment for the new positions is already underway.
Sources
5 July 2017: Hertfordshire Mercury
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Gu Puds, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91517, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91517.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
