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.
Wales; South East Wales; Central Valleys and Bridgend
Location of affected unit(s)
Merthyr, Tydfil
Sector
Manufacturing (31) Manufacture of furniture 31.0 - Manufacture of furniture 31.00 - Manufacture of furniture
239 - 252 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 October 2019
Employment effect (start)
8 October 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Triumph Furniture, a furniture manufacturer based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, has announced 239 direct dismissals due to bankruptcy. 13 remaining positions will be kept on in the short term to help in processing the administrative requirements of the bankruptcy. The company operates since 1946 and is a major local employer; it has attributed the current situation to a collapse in orders, especially public sector orders, over the previous ten weeks and to the political uncertainty around Brexit.
The works council of the company will make effort to help the affected employees to find new positions by organising recruitment events.
Eurofound (2019), Triumph Furniture, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 98867, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/98867.
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...