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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation
50 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Logistics company ArrowXL has announced plans to create 50 new jobs as it expands its warehouse facilities. The Wigan based business currently employs 460 and has just completed work on its new pallet racking system, which will double the facility's capacity. The exact timeframe for the new jobs has not been announced, though it is being reported that the positions will be filled over the coming months. Currently the company delivers 14,000 products every day and expects this demand to increase.
Sources
3 July 2017: Wigan Today
Citation
Eurofound (2017), ArrowXL, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91511, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91511.
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