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.
South East (England); Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; Buckinghamshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Kishorn
Sector
Construction 42 - Civil engineering 42.2 - Construction of utility projects 42.22 - Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
It has been announced that Kincardine Offshore will create 200 jobs at Kishorn Dry Dock in Wester Ross, Scotland. The dock will be used for the first time in 23 years in the construction of floating turbines which will be located off the coast of Aberdeen. The deal between the port and the wind farm company has been supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise who have contributed approximately one-third of the GBP 450,000 (€525,071) costs of upgrading the dry dock. It is understood that work will begin at the site in August 2017 and that the first of the eight turbines will be floated in the second quarter of 2018.
Sources
21 April 2017: BBC Website
21 April 2017: Ross-shire Journal
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Kincardine Offshore, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90948, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90948.
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