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.
South West; Gloucestershire; Wiltshire and North Somerset
Location of affected unit(s)
Filton
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Airbus has announced expansion plans which include extending the Filton campus and increasing its workforce to 6,450 by recruiting 200 new engineers. The plans include increasing site size by 20% and redeveloping 26 acres of a derelict factory, Airbus bought the land near Bristol from BAe Systems last year.
Airbus UK managing director Iain Gray said: ‘The strong future prospects of the Airbus business have made it possible... to look at the long term.'
Sources
21 March 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Airbus, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61290, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61290.
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