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East Midlands; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Oundle
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.12 - Building of pleasure and sporting boats
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 September 2019
Employment effect (start)
17 September 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Fairline Yachts, a luxury boat builder, has announced plans to create 180 new jobs at its site in Oundle, Northamptonshire. The company is hiring carpenters, fitters, software operators and engineers. The work is organized on a Monday to Thursday shift pattern with possibilities for overtime, and there is a bonus scheme which is linked to production targets. The timeframe for filling the jobs has not been announced, though the recruitment process is already underway.
The job creation will increase the number of employees in Oundle to 560.
Eurofound (2019), Fairline Yachts, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 98876, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98876.
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