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.
Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.10 - Activities of head offices
450 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
27 June 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The UK-based home, leisure and garden products retailer The Range has announced that its new head office will open in Derriford, Plymouth in summer 2019, creating 450 new jobs across buying, e-commerce, IT, marketing and accounts. The leader of Plymouth City Council said that the new head office and the ‘superstore’ located next to it was very important for the city of Plymouth as it gives permanent work for hundreds of people as well as opportunities to the local people.
The Range employs over 11,200 staff and currently has 164 sites across the UK.
Eurofound (2019), The Range, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 97634, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97634.
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