Asda

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
East (England); Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Cambridgeshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Washington
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
47 - Retail trade
47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
700 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
8 February 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Supermarket chain Asda has announced plans to create more than 700 new jobs on Wearside.

The company has submitted a planning application to Sunderland Council to build a new distribution centre at the existing Asda site in Washington.

More than £40 million of private funding would be invested in the centre, which would be used to distribute the firm's George branded clothing.

Sources

  • 9 February 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Asda, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61137, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61137.