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.
South East; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Hundreds of jobs are to be created when a new £40m department store opens its doors in Oxford, its managers say. John Lewis has confirmed it is to open a full-range department store as part of the planned redevelopment of the city's Westgate shopping centre. Its bosses said the shop, due to open in 2010, will bring up to 600 new jobs. A council spokesman said it would help 'secure the future' of the city centre.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2006), John Lewis, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63132, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63132.
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