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.
Yorkshire and the Humber; North Yorkshire; North Yorkshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Harrogate
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.3 - Manufacture of clay building materials
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Ilke Homes has announced that it is to create 150 jobs when it opens its new factory in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The factory is set to open in March 2018. The home builder will manufacture modular homes off-site and will initially create 100 roles in the manufacturing and supply chain team with the remaining roles being designers, engineers and other professionals. The firm has said that the longer-term plan is to create 800 jobs over the coming two to three years, and it is hoped that the manufacturing team will number 300 after 12 months.
Sources
13 March 2018: Insider Media
13 February 2018: PBC Today
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Ilke Homes, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93638, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93638.
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