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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
13 April 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Morleys Department Store will create 100 new jobs when it opens its new store in Bexleyheath, Kent in April 2017. The business has taken over the former BHS premises and invested GBP 3 million (€3.5 million) to refit and update the store. The store, which is located in the Broadway Shopping Centre, will sell a range of fashion, homeware and beauty brands. The new store will support a range of retail roles. There will be a series of events to mark the store's official opening.
Sources
4 April 2017: Kent Online
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Morleys Department Store, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90788, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90788.
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