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Yorkshire and the Humber; East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire; East Riding of Yorkshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Broadgate
Sector
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63866.