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 West (England); Greater Manchester; Manchester
Location of affected unit(s)
Manchester
Sector
(49 - 53) Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.2 - Support activities for transportation 52.2 - Support activities for transportation
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
8 September 2008
Foreseen end date
13 November 2008
Description
Servisair Manchester, a company that operates in the aviation services sector, has announced that up to one hundred and eighty jobs, including check-in staff, baggage handlers and ground staff as well as management positions, are to be cut at Manchester Airport. The company attributed the cuts to the expected downturn in flights over the coming months, and also the collapse of the Zoom airline. The company is currently inviting applications for voluntary redundancy, with the jobs cuts expected to be complete by 13 November 2008. No further information is available on how many staff will remain at Manchester.
Sources
8 September 2008: Manchester Evening News
8 September 2008: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Servisair Manchester, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67082.
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