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.
East Midlands; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Corby
Sector
Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Civil Engineering 42 - Civil engineering
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
A window and conservatory manufacturer with a turnover of £20m has called in administrators threatening 250 jobs. Directors of Corby Windows Limited said the firm, set up in 1992, had suffered significant losses and could no longer continue trading. The administrators are looking for a buyer for the company's production facilities in Corby, Northamptonshire. A large number of the 250 people working for the firm would lose their jobs, the administrators said.
Sources
17 July 2006: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Corby Windows Limited, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63800, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63800.
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