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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 July 2020
Employment effect (start)
27 July 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The Plaza Group has opened a new service station in Laois, creating 120 new jobs.
The site features a number of fast food and coffee outlets. It is the seventh such site from the Plaza Group.
The new service station was due to open in May but this was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It opens after an investment of €10m.
The Plaza Group operates a variety of other services, including hotels. It employs 4,000 people in Ireland.
Eurofound (2020), The Plaza Group, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 101340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101340.
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