Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
East of England; East Anglia;
Location of affected unit(s)
Great Wychingham, Norfolk and Holton, Suffolk
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products

130 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
14 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Bernard Matthews, a poultry manufacturing firm, is to cut 130 jobs. The firm, with plants in both Norfolk and Suffolk, is to cut 35 salaried workers and 95 hourly-paid production workers from its staff of 2,510. The firm is cutting staff after the Christmas peak, but as of 18 January 2009 has not announced when these jobs will be lost.


Sources

  • 15 January 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Bernard Matthews, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67836, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67836.