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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 April 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Supermarket Asda has said it hopes to create 400 jobs with the opening of a new store in Antrim town. The £25m store, which is subject to planning permission, is expected to be its biggest in Northern Ireland. It is planned for a site on the town's Ballymena Road, alongside the Junction One centre. Asda moved into the Northern Ireland market last year with the acquisition and refurbishment of 13 former Safeway stores across the province. The company says it is seeking new development opportunities to grow its Northern Ireland store base to 20 within the next two to three years.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Asda, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63420, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63420.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
