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.
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 September 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The technology firm Hewlett-Packard plans to create 700 new jobs at its plant in Erskine near Glasgow. The company is setting up an IT service hub at its Renfrewshire facility with the help of £7m in government funding. As of 25 August 2010 no date has been given for the creation of the new jobs.
Last year HP announced it was cutting 700 manufacturing jobs at the plant and transferring the work to the Czech Republic. These jobs will be gone by October but the new posts should increase employment back to about 1,300.
Sources
25 September 2010: BBC
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Hewlett-Packard, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70874, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70874.
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