Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South West; Dorset and Somerset;
Location of affected unit(s)
Yeovil
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

135 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
15 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Manufacturing firm GKN Aerospace is to cut 135 jobs at its Yeovil site. The cuts represent over a third of jobs on the site. Management at the site have announced that some workers will be offered redeployment, and the company is engaging with trade union Unite about redeployment options. No dates have been announced for when the cuts will take place, but a 90-day consultation period has begun.


Sources

  • 15 October 2009: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2009), GKN, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69707, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69707.