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.
Laundry Company Berendsen has announced that it is to close its site in Mossley, Greater Manchester. The closure will result in the loss of 250 jobs, 100 of which are permanent positions and 150 of which are agency jobs. Workers had been led to believe that jobs were secure following the signing of a contract with Manchester United Football Club. However, it is being reported that the site will now close and will do so after the 30 days statutory consultation period. The company has said that it will try to redeploy affected workers where possible.
Eurofound (2018), Berendsen, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93818, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93818.
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...
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