Boots

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South West (England); Devon; Devon CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Airdrie (Lanarkshire)
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
1,000 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 February 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2003
Foreseen end date
1 January 2005

Description

Boots, the high street chemist and general retailer, announced it would close its production plant of Airdrie in Lanarkshire with the loss of 1,000 posts. The facility will close during the next 2 years. Boots said it would try to minimise the impact of the closure by offering some redeployment and avoiding compulsory redundancy over the first nine months.

Sources

  • 5 February 2003: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2003), Boots, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59496, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59496.