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.
East Midlands; Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; Nottingham
Location of affected unit(s)
Nottingham
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.85 - Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
280 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
27 January 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
The Pizza Factory in Nottingham is reported to be cutting 280 jobs, equating to more than one-third of its workforce. The owner, 2 Sisters Food Group, had announced in August 2016 that production jobs were potentially at risk following the loss of a major contract with Tesco supermarket; in January 2017 the company also lost a contract to supply Aldi supermarkets. According to the Unite union, 280 employees are due to be made redundant on 27 January 2017, and the remaining workforce will be moved onto inferior terms and conditions from 29 January. Unite had tabled an alternative plan to redundancy, which sought to protect jobs through spreading the current work across the workforce, but management rejected this plan. Unite continues to press the company for enhanced pay for staff made redundant.
Sources
18 January 2017: Nottingham Post
Citation
Eurofound (2017), The Pizza Factory, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90049, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90049.
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