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.
Administrative Services Travel Agency, Tour Operator And Other Reservation Service And Related Activities Travel Agency, Tour Operator And Other Reservation Service And Related Activities 79 - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities
450 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2006
Foreseen end date
12 December 2006
Description
Workers have voiced shock at Thomson Holidays' decision to close its Glasgow call centre with the loss of 450 jobs. Staff at the site in Cardonald said the move would be a major blow to the local area's economy. The company said the decision was no reflection on staff but was in response to a changing market. Staff were told in a series of briefings that the centre will close on 12 December 2006. The Glasgow call centre is the firm's biggest operation of its kind, dealing mainly in traditional package-style holidays. A company spokesman said staff would be given help to find new posts or retrain. Sales director Derek Jones said the closure had been necessary because the travel market had 'changed beyond recognition' in the past seven years. More people are now choosing to book online rather than by phone. Scottish Socialist Party convener Colin Fox condemned the decision to close the call centre and demanded that Thomson rethink the decision. He said: 'The SSP offers its full support to the workforce in any action it deems necessary to safeguard employment and retraining rights.'
Sources
31 August 2006: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Thomson Holidays, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63994, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63994.
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