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.
Agriculture Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing Crop And Animal Production, Hunting And Related Service Activities 01.47 - Raising of poultry
380 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 January 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2006
Description
Almost 400 workers at one of Northern Ireland's biggest food processing factory, the Farm Fed chicken factory at Coleraine, are set to lose their jobs with the plant's closure. The factory employs about 380 staff, including 90 from Poland. It is understood the problems arose from competition from low-priced poultry imports and escalating costs. Gareth Scott of the Transport and General Workers' Union, which represents some workers at the plant, said the company would have to consult over job losses. 'The focus would now be on trying to minimise the impact of redundancies', he said. Farm Fed is a large employer in Coleraine and it was a devastating blow for the area.
Sources
27 January 2006: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Farm Fed, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62863, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62863.
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