The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56 - Food and beverage service activities
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 August 2017
Employment effect (start)
22 August 2017
Foreseen end date
22 August 2021
Description
On 22 August Bob & Berts coffee shop chain announced the plan to create 600 new full time and part time jobs over the next four years. The business expansion will create 30 additional stores in UK (Scotland and Northern Ireland) and Ireland. Twenty out of thirty new stores are planned for Scotland, accounting for about 400 jobs. The business growth is supported by BGF which invests in business in UK and Ireland. BGF in return for its investment takes a minority equity stake in the business.
Bob & Berts currently has 16 coffee shops in Northern Ireland.
Sources
22 August 2017: Belfast Telegraph
22 August 2017: BQlive
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Bob & Berts, Business expansion in European Union, factsheet number 91902, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/91902.
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