Doosan Babcock

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Water / Waste
38 - Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
38.3 - Waste disposal without recovery
38.32 - Landfilling or permanent storage
350 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Engineering company Doosan Babcock has announced that it is to cut 350 jobs from its workforce in Scotland. The losses will come from the sites at Grangemouth in East Stirlingshire and Levenseat in Lanarkshire, which are responsible for waste management. The jobs are being cut due to completion of projects at the sites and redundancy notices have been issued. The GMB union has described the news as a "hammer blow" and the Economy Secretary has said that the announcement is 'extremely disappointing'.

Sources

  • 6 January 2018: BBC Website
  • 5 January 2018: The Herald

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Doosan Babcock, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93130, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93130.