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)
Staverton; Melksham
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10 - Manufacture of food products
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Cereal manufacturing company Cereal Partners UK has announced the creation of 100 new jobs in Wiltshire as part of a business expansion. 50 jobs will be created in Staverton as part of the firm's expansion of its manufacturing operations, whilst another 50 posts will be created at a new purpose-built distribution centre by the A350 at Melksham. The company first revealed that production would be moved to Staverton when it announced last September that its Shreddies plant at Welwyn Garden City, Herts, was to close in 2007. The new jobs are full-time and will range from factory technicians and engineers to managerial staff.
Sources
20 August 2006: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Cereal Partners, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63921, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63921.
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