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Agriculture Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing Crop And Animal Production, Hunting And Related Service Activities 01.47 - Raising of poultry
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 November 2020
Employment effect (start)
19 November 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The poultry company Pluimveebedrijf GPS is to close its husbandry activity in Nunspeet, and 300 employees will lose their job as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
According to the administrator, failure does not mean that discussions with potential candidates will stop. Consultations would still take place.
At the end of October 2020, the company tried to avoid bankruptcy by restarting the enterprise under new ownership, but this was not successful. In the first instance, the enterprise dismissed 150 temporary workers. However, this was not sufficient to save the enterprise.
Sources
19 November 2020: Pluimveebedrijf GPS met honderden medewerkers failliet (www.omroepgelderland.nl)
30 October 2020: Pluimveebedrijf GPS in grote financiële problemen door corona (www.omroepgelderland.nl)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Pluimveebedrijf GPS, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 102710, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102710.
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