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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.21 - Service activities incidental to land transportation
100 - 115 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The roadside breakdown service, AA, has announced plans to cut 100 jobs. The company also confirmed that it will close its training centre near Melton Mowbray, which currently employs 15 people. The proposed job cuts are understood to be mainly administrative and office function roles, with approximately half the losses coming from the business's Basingstoke HQ.
The GMB union has accused the company of making these cuts in preparation for franchising the business, though the AA has denied that there are any such plans to franchise. The statutory period of consultation on the job losses will end on 24 February 2018.
Sources
10 January 2018: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2018), AA, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93078, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93078.
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