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.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.2 - Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
124 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Lunar Caravans has announced that it has made 124 redundancies, a few days after entering administration. The manufacturer of lightweight touring caravans which had been in operation for more than 50 years, employed 196 staff and administrators had laid off staff while they tried to sell the business. As a buyer could not be found, the administrators have confirmed the redundancies. The business remains for sale and the administrators have stated that selling the company continues to be the top priority; the future for the remaining staff is unclear.
Eurofound (2019), Lunar Caravans, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 98242, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98242.
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