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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.51 - Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 April 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Glen Dimplex Home Appliances, which manufactures cookers and fridges for brand names such as Stoves, Lec and Britannia, has announced that it is to cut 300 jobs. The business is based on Merseyside with a distribution centre in Stoke on Trent and employs 1,000 permanent staff. A company statement said that the cuts were necessary to ensure that the business is viable for the future. The statutory consultation period will now apply to the plans, though the company has said that it expects redundancies to begin from August 2018.
Sources
27 April 2018: The Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Glen Dimplex Home Appliances, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 94160, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94160.
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