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.
North East; Northumberland and Tyne and Wear; Tyneside
Location of affected unit(s)
Longbenton
Sector
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
27 August 2014
Foreseen end date
29 February 2016
Description
Provider of outsourced energy, technical and facilities services, Cofely has announced that it is to create 200 new jobs as it sets up a major new centre at a North Tyneside business park. The company, which is part of GDF Suez, will provide customer support and service roles at the new site in Longbenton.
The multinational firm already has employees in the North East region and in addition to the 200 new jobs, 50 employees will move from other nearby sites. The new jobs which will cover a range of skills sets and be at various levels within the company are expected to be filled over the next 18 months.
Sources
27 August 2014: The journal
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Cofely, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77487, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77487.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
