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.
Utilities Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management And Remediation Activities Waste Collection, Treatment And Disposal Activities; Materials Recovery 38.21 - Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
350 jobs Number of planned job losses
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93130.
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