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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.1 - Postal activities under universal service obligation
559 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 July 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Royal Mail has announced plans to cut more than 500 jobs in the Midlands as a result of a sharp fall in the number of items posted each year. The plans are subject to a consultation period which will finish by the autumn. Derby would lose 182 posts, Leicester 280 and Worcester 97. The company hopes that the reduction in posts will be achieved through voluntary redundancies, redeployment and natural wastage.
Sources
13 July 2011: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Royal Mail, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72196, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72196.
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