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.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Administration Of The State And The Economic And Social Policy Of The Community 84.12 - Regulation of the activities of providing health care, education, cultural services and other social services, excluding social security
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 January 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Cambridgeshire County Council announced plans to cut up to 300 jobs and impose pay freezes. The redundancies are part of an effort to cut £16m from the Council's annual budget. The council aims to cut red tape and bureaucracy while cutting costs in both adult and children's social services, and also in library services.
Sources
21 January 2010: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Cambridgeshire County Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70089, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70089.
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