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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
12 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Poundland, a retailer, is to create 1,000 jobs across the UK during the next year as it opens 30 more stores. The company, which specialises in low-cost products, has seen sales increase as a result of current economic conditions. The form currently employs 4,540 people across its 201 stores.
Sources
12 January 2009: Financial Times
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Poundland, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67820.