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.
Castle Bromich, Gaydon, Whitley (West Midlands) Halewood (North West)
Sector
(10 - 33) Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Up to 300 office posts are to go at Jaguar and its Ford-owned stablemate Land Rover as part of a voluntary redundancy scheme to restructure the carmakers. Employees at offices in Castle Bromwich, in Birmingham; Gaydon, in Warwickshire; Whitley, in Coventry, and Halewood, on Merseyside, are being invited to apply for redundancy. Don Hume, a spokesman for Jaguar and Land Rover, said the cuts were part of business restructuring and in line with what Ford is doing globally.
Sources
8 September 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Jaguar, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62197, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62197.
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