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.
East Midlands; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Bardon
Sector
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
2 September 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Oakland International, the UK-based logistics and contract packing company that specialises in chilled and frozen food has announced that it will create 400 new jobs at its new warehouse in Bardon, Leicestershire, with 220 jobs being created by the end of the year.
The company said the new warehouse will be fitted with solar panels in an effort to make the site, and the business as a whole, carbon neutral.
Oakland International has sites in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland. It works with the retail, wholesale and food service markets and its clients include Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl.
Eurofound (2020), Oakland International, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101963, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101963.
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