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Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.12 - Other non-specialised retail sale
240 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Retailer TJ Hughes has announced that it is to open four new stores across Scotland which will result in the creation of 240 new jobs. The store in Livingston is already open and further stores will open in Dundee, Clydebank and East Kilbride in the autumn of 2018. Reports also suggest that further expansion is planned for the North-East region this coming winter meaning that five stores in total will be opened in 2018. The store is well known for selling brands at discounted prices.
Citation
Eurofound (2018), TJ Hughes, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 95734, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/95734.