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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Insurance, Reinsurance And Pension Funding, Except Compulsory Social Security 65.12 - Non-life insurance
111 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
11 March 2014
Foreseen end date
11 March 2019
Description
Insurance brokerage Lloyds & Barnes has announced that it is to create 111 jobs over the next 5 years, with 66 new jobs to be created in the next 6 to 12 months. The company currently employs 10 people.
The company is set to offer a range of new products including all-in-one commercial insurance products. The Welsh government supported the company with GBP 990,000 of business finance.
Sources
11 March 2014: Walesonline
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Lloyds & Barnes, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76712, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76712.
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