Low Quarter Leads to Ceva Cutting £81 Million from Operations
After a drastic drop in profit in the last quarter (July-September), Ceva has decided that they will be completing some cost reductions equating to approximately £81 million, such as a global headcount and a review of its locations on a global scale.
These cuts are expected to take place in early 2013, but
Chief Executive Marvin Schlanger kept his statement vague by not disclosing how
the UK’s branch and jobs would be affected. The newly appointed Chief Executive
has had a tough first 8 weeks in this position as he is now faced with drastic
cost cutting. He did attempt to reassure UK staff by saying ‘The UK’s business is an important market
with good development performance’.
As a result of under-performing contracts, Ceva will be
withdrawing from several countries, to be disclosed a later date and therefore
affecting employees facing redundancy. It is not known when this information
will be disclosed to the public.