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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.13 - Production of meat and poultry meat products
628 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 July 2014
Employment effect (start)
7 July 2014
Foreseen end date
31 July 2018
Description
Food production company Moy Park has announced that it is to create 628 jobs at three sites in Northern Ireland. The jobs will be created at production sites at Dungannon, Craigavon and Ballymena, and are the result of an investment package totalling £170 million. Invest NI are providing a £9.5 million grant to support the development.
The jobs will be phased in over a four year period, with reports that 100 new jobs are already in place. A range of job roles will be created, including food production, management and financial services positions. Average salaries will reportedly be £17,500.
Sources
7 July 2014: BBC
8 July 2014: Belfast Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Moy Park, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77312, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77312.
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