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.
Yorkshire and the Humber; East Riding and North Lincolnshire; Kingston upon Hull
Location of affected unit(s)
Hull
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
560 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 June 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Galiform, the former owner of MFI, has said it will cut 560 jobs as part of plans to restructure its business. The company will shift production from a plant in Hull to Howden in Yorkshire, and will base warehousing at factory sites and a main centre in Northampton. It said that it would focus production of rigid kitchen cabinets and worktops at Runcorn, Cheshire and at Howden. However, Galiform added it would create 550 jobs at its Howden Joinery business, all but offsetting the cuts.
Sources
27 June 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Galiform, Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65552, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65552.
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