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)
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.61 - Manufacture of grain mill products
450 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 May 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Warburtons has announced plans to create 450 new jobs in a new bakery to be built on the outskirts of Bristol. As of May 2008, there is no information on when either employment will commence or the new jobs will be created by. The company expects the new bakery to produce over 1.5 million products per week. It identified that demand for its products had reached an all time high and that the location of the site in terms of its logistical connections made it ideal both now and in the future as demand increases further.
Sources
29 May 2008: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Warburtons, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66691, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66691.
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