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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.99 - Other manufacturing n.e.c.
125 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 January 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
27 March 2015
Description
Barrow-based candle manufacturer, PartyLite, has announced that it is to close its manufacturing facilities in Cumbria resulting in the loss of 150 jobs. The announcement comes after the parent company, Blyth Inc., took the decision to concentrate production in Chicago, USA. It is reported that the site currently employs 125 permanent staff, 25 temporary staff and 6 agency staff. The closure dates are yet to be made public, though it is being reported that the factory will close by the 27th of March, 2015, with the full site closure by the 26th of April, 2015.
Sources
20 January 2015: BBC Website
21 January 2015: North West Evening Mail
Citation
Eurofound (2015), PartyLite, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 78242, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78242.
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