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.
North East (England); Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear; Northumberland
Location of affected unit(s)
Riverside
Sector
(10 - 33) Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10 - Manufacture of food products 10 - Manufacture of food products
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
250 jobs will go from Nottingham after food production firm Northern Foods sold its Nottingham site to Vision Capital Funds at a meeting on 9 January 2007. The firm will now move its ready meal production to sites in Sheffield and Carlisle by July. Northern Foods said it was making every effort to find work for those affected and 190 employees would be able to relocate if they wanted to. The company said a 90-day consultation period with trade unions has now begun.
A spokesperson from the Transport and General Workers' Union said he was 'shocked and saddened that members are to lose their jobs'.
He added: 'This is a kick in the teeth to our Riverside members who have shown tremendous loyalty to Northern Foods over many years.'
Sources
10 January 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Northern Foods, Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64737, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64737.
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