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; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Loughborough
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21.1 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Almac Pharma Services has announced plans to create 200 new jobs following the issuing of a new Government licence. The accreditation means that the company can produce medicines at its site in Loughborough, where it already has a research centre. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that they had a number of new projects with new clients which are expected to start within a few months. The local Member of Parliament, Nicky Morgan, welcomed the creation of skilled jobs in her constituency.
Sources
31 October 2017: Leicester Mercury
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Almac Pharma Services, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 92458, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92458.
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