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.
West Midlands; Shropshire and Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent
Location of affected unit(s)
Barlaston
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
592 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
12 January 2009
Foreseen end date
12 January 2009
Description
Waterford Wedgwood, a manufacturer of china and glass, has made 367 redundancies and on 13 May 2009 announced plans to cut a further 225 jobs. The firm, which went into administration early in January 2009 employs 1,868 people in the UK and will make most of the cuts at its site in Barlaston, near Stoke-on-Trent. The cuts are blamed on the recession while the company has entered into a 90-day consultation period with the employees.
Sources
12 January 2009: BBC News
13 January 2009: The Guardian
13 May 2009: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Waterford Wedgwood, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67825, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67825.
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