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.
Donnington, Shropshire, Warminster & Bovington, South West, Colchester, South East and Donnington, West Midllands.
Sector
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Provision Of Services To The Community As A Whole 84.22 - Defence activities
1,206 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2007
Description
It was revealed by Adam Ingram, the armed forces minister that the army vehicle repairs agency will close facilities at Donnington, Shropshire, by March 2007, with the loss of 628 jobs. Its sites at Warminster, Wiltshire, and Colchester, Essex, will also close, with up to 281 redundancies, and a further 107 jobs will be lost at Bovington, Dorset. Up to 210 redundancies will occur across other sites.
Sources
9 November 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Army Vehicles Repair Agency, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62497, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62497.
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