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.
Utilities Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management And Remediation Activities Water Collection, Treatment And Supply 36 - Water collection, treatment and supply
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2007
Foreseen end date
31 May 2010
Description
Up to 500 jobs are to go in Northern Ireland's water industry, it has been confirmed. Katharine Bryan of Northern Ireland Water said the redundancies are needed to help reduce costs. She said the current workforce of about 1,900 will be cut to 1,400 as part of a new strategic business plan. The jobs will go over three years and will hit the firm's industrial division as well as engineering, administration and scientific divisions. 'It's not all bad news, it sounds a lot but in fact we have been able to transfer quite a significant number of people, almost 300, back to the civil service ahead of the new company being created,' she said. The job losses will prove controversial as the water company is still trying to improve its performance in cutting leaks.
Sources
8 May 2007: BBC Website
9 May 2007: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Northern Ireland Water, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65339, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65339.
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