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 Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21.10 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
30 November 2018
Foreseen end date
30 November 2020
Description
Pharmaceutical company Seqirus has announced plans to expand its UK operations. Two hundred new jobs will be added over the coming two years at the company's global headquarters in Maidenhead, where the company is in the process of moving into larger premises, and at the firm's manufacturing site in Liverpool. The new positions will take Seqirus's UK headcount to 1,100. It is also being reported that further jobs will be added to the company's global operations. Local and national politicians welcomed the news of the expansion and drew attention to the importance of the life sciences sector to the UK economy.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Seqirus, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 96214, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96214.
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