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.
Scotland; South Western Scotland; Dumfries and Galloway
Location of affected unit(s)
Annan
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.20 - Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
450 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Young’s Seafood, a UK-based fish and seafood processor, has announced that it will close its subsidiary; the Pinney’s of Scotland seafood factory in Annan, Scotland. The phased closure will be completed by the end of 2018, making all 450 employees redundant. The production currently undertaken at Pinney’s will be moved to Young’s main site in Grimsby, in the north of England. The announcement came on 31st May, after a period of formal collective consultation between management, staff and their representatives about the proposed closure of the site. The representative of the trade union Unite Scotland said the closure of the plant at the end of a 45-day consultation was “extremely disappointing”.
According to a spokesperson, the company will continue to meet with employee representatives to discuss ongoing items such as redeployment opportunities and would start “one to one” consultations with affected employees.
Young’s Seafood employs 2500 people across the UK.
Sources
31 May 2018: BBC News
1 June 2018: BBC News
31 May 2018: Fish Update
31 May 2018: The Scotsman
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Young's Seafood, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 94208, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94208.
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