Wedgwood

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands (England); Shropshire and Staffordshire;
Location of affected unit(s)
Coalport, Staffordshire
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
23.2 - Manufacture of refractory products
23.31 - Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags
161 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Ceramics company Wedgwood has announced that 161 jobs are to go over the next few weeks.

Three hundred posts were reviewed in November resulting in 78 people losing their jobs at the Coalport site in Staffordshire in January. A spokesman said the latest cuts are less than was first thought and include some voluntary redundancies. Talks with staff and unions have taken place. The losses will reduce the workforce in Stoke-on-Trent to about 2,000 people. The company will continue its review to ensure production costs are kept in line with market demand and business expectations over the coming year, the spokesman said.

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Wedgwood, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63155, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63155.