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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67194.