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West Midlands (England); Shropshire and Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent
Location of affected unit(s)
Stoke on Trent
Sector
Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Logistics company Simarco Worldwide has announced plans to create 130 new jobs when it opens a new site in Stoke on Trent. The company, headquartered in Essex, has signed a ten-year lease on a new premises at the Radial Park site for the centre that is planned to serve the north of England and the Midlands. Local politicians and business leaders have welcomed the announcement of new jobs coming to the city. There is no announcement yet as to when the new jobs will be filled.
Eurofound (2019), Simarco Worldwide, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 98194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/98194.