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 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2008
Foreseen end date
30 December 2008
Description
Supermarket chain Tesco has announced that it will create an additional 350 jobs in Northern Ireland by the end of the year. Some of the jobs will be in Ballymena where a new store will be open next month, others will be created in the expansion of the store in Knocknagoney, east Belfast which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Sources
30 September 2008: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Tesco, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67194.
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