Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Call centre business Professional Reclaim Services, which specialises in reclaiming mis-sold payment protection insurance, is creating 150 new jobs when it opens its new site in Bury, Lancashire. The new site, known as the Hub, will open on 26 February 2018, and will be the firm's second site in the town. It already has an office employing 30 people. The company's owner has decided to grow the business in his home town, and has stated that the business will provide full training so previous experience is not essential. Initially the roles on offer eill be for sales staff, though other roles may be required in the future.
Eurofound (2018), Professional Reclaim Services, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93639, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93639.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
