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.
Scotland; West Central Scotland; East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Barton-upon-Humber
Sector
Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment 47.55 - Retail sale of furniture, lighting equipment, tableware and other household goods
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 October 2019
Employment effect (start)
9 November 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Wren Kitchens, a UK-based kitchen retailer and manufacturer, has announced that it is creating 100 new IT jobs at its base in Barton-upon-Humber in North Lincolnshire, in 2020. The roles will support retail, the construction of a new manufacturing facility and its future production. The new positions will be open to graduates from company's IT Academy – the first group of employees who have completed the academy have all started to work on new projects such as virtual reality and developing web applications.
Wren Kitchen’s is the UK’s largest kitchen retailer – it employs over 4,000 people at three production sites and 83 showrooms across the UK.
Eurofound (2019), Wren Kitchens, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 99121, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/99121.
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