Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
East of England; East Anglia; Norfolk
Location of affected unit(s)
Norwich
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.84 - Manufacture of condiments and seasonings
New offshoring locations
Germany

113 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
28 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019

Description

Unilever has confirmed plans to close the Colman's Mustard factory in Norwich. All 113 jobs at the site will be lost and production will be moved to sites in Burton on Trent and also in Germany. Plans had initially been revealed in January 2018, though at that stage the timeframe for the closure was not known. It has now been announced that the process of closure will begin in the autumn of 2018 and continue to the end of 2019. The employees at the Norwich site have been put at risk of redundancy.


Sources

  • 28 March 2018: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Unilever, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93986, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93986.