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.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 May 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Rolls Royce announced plans to create 150 new manufacturing jobs at its factory in Goodwood, West Sussex, raising the total workforce to 900. The new jobs are needed for the production of the new model (called the Ghost). Many of the new recruits will work in a new assembly line, while others will be employed in the wood and leather areas of the factory or in the paint shop. The news jobs will be implemented by the end of 2009.
Sources
20 May 2009: BBC
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Rolls Royce, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69834, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69834.
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