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 Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
2 October 2006
Foreseen end date
Description
Clothing retailer Primark is to create 300 new jobs in Coventry with the opening of a store in the Broadgate area of the city. The outlet is due to open in October. Nearly 20 managers will also be employed and recruitment starts later this month. Primark employs more than 16,000 people - which it plans to increase to 23,000 over the next year - in its 137 stores in the UK, Spain and Ireland.
Sources
2 August 2006: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Primark, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63866, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63866.
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