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.
Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.19 - Other Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services, Except Insurance And Pension Funding
600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 May 2024
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
Intrum España, a Swedish multinational company dedicated to mortgage debt collection, bought Haya Real Estate. Following the acquisition, Intrum España officially presented an employment redundancy file (ERE) that will affect 600 people in all its centres in Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Almería, Alicante, Valencia, Huelva, Zaragoza and Valladolid). The company will begin talks with workers' representatives in the coming days, and it expects to complete the ERE before the summer.
Intrum has a total volume of assets under management in Spain of more than 60,000 thousand million euros, including more than 200,000 real estate assets. The trade union UGT has expressed its opposition to this redundancy plan and has expressed its surprise at it.
Eurofound (2024), Intrum españa, Merger/Acquisition in Spain, factsheet number 201122, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201122.
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