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 (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
196 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 February 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 February 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Quinton Hazell, a car parts manufacturing company, has gone into administration resulting in the loss of 196 jobs at two factories in Conwy and Lancashire. Administrators blamed the closure on the "prolonged, challenging trading conditions". A small number of staff will remain in order to help with the closure.
Sources
7 February 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Quinton Hazell, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75017, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75017.