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.
Book retailer World of Books has announced plans to open a new warehouse and distribution centre in Ryton, near Coventry. The firm has taken on a 103,000 square feet warehouse on the Middlemarch Industrial Estate and recruitment is underway for positions, though it is not known when all the jobs will be filled. It is anticipated that up to 250 new jobs will be created as a result of the new distribution centre. A spokesperson for the local council welcomed the news of the new jobs and drew attention to the company's good ethical credentials and green values.
Eurofound (2018), World of Books, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 96182, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/96182.
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...
