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.
The National Trust for Scotland, the charity which manages historic locations and areas of natural beauty in Scotland, has announced restructuring plans which put 429 permanent workers’ jobs at risk. According to news media sources, the redundancies will severely affect employees working as conservation consultants, ecologists and rangers.
A statement by the Trust says that job cuts are “unavoidable”, as the Trust forecasts losing half of its income in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A representative of the trade union Prospect said that the plans are extremely worrying and he promised to support the affected members and argue for saving jobs.
The Trust manages more than a hundred properties, including the site of the battle of Culloden and islands which are homes to important seabird colonies.
Update 16/08/2020:
197 jobs have been saved at the National Trust for Scotland due to a £3.8 million (€4.2 million as at 14 September 2020) fund from the Scottish government and a further £2.5 million (€2.75 million as at 14 September 2020) from donations. The roles which are saved include all of the Trust’s ecologists and 20 out of 35 countryside ranger positions. The current number of redundancies is at 232.
Eurofound (2020), National Trust for Scotland, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101241, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/101241.