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.
Yorkshire and the Humber; West Yorkshire; Calderdale
Location of affected unit(s)
Wakefield
Sector
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Yorkshire-based UK supermarket chain Morrisons has announced that it is to cut 100 jobs at its regional distribution centre in Wakefield which employs 1700 people. The reductions are intended to reduce costs and improve efficiency. The company has announced that it has started the process of consultation with employees and unions and is looking at ways of minimising the numbers of compulsory redundancies including redeploying people to different parts of the business.
Sources
9 May 2014: Yorkshire Post
9 May 2014: Insider News Yorkshire
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Morrisons, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77082.
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