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.
Scotland; Southern Scotland; North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Kilmarnock
Sector
(10 - 33) Manufacturing (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 13.9 - Manufacture of other textiles 13.93 - Manufacture of carpets and rugs
266 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 January 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
More than half of the workforce at carpet-maker Stoddard International were made redundant yesterday to give the company "a fighting chance" of survival. Receivers appointed to Stoddard said 266 workers would lose their jobs immediately. Another 90 have been placed on short time.
The Kilmarnock-based company, which made the red carpet on which the Queen walked down the aisle on her wedding day, employs 479 people.
Sources
13 January 2005: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Stoddard International, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61002, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61002.
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