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.
British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to shed a further 122 jobs in Germany, the company said on 3 December 2004. The move will affect jobs in Dusseldorf and Ratingen. BAT plans to consolidate its Dusseldorf-based unit Brinkmann Niemeyer. The company also announced on 1 December 2004 its plans to cut 361 jobs in Bayreuth, southern Germany, shifting 145 employees abroad. BAT had already cut 125 jobs in Hamburg in the spring of 2004. Following the job cuts, BAT's overall German workforce will fall to 1,400 from 2,000.
Eurofound (2004), British American Tobacco, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 60885, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60885.