Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands; West Midlands; Coventry
Location of affected unit(s)
Broadgate
Sector
Wholesale / Retail
Retail trade
Retail sale of other goods, except motor vehicles and motorcycles
47.71 - Retail sale of clothing

300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
2 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
2 October 2006
Foreseen end date

Description

Clothing retailer Primark is to create 300 new jobs in Coventry with the opening of a store in the Broadgate area of the city. The outlet is due to open in October. Nearly 20 managers will also be employed and recruitment starts later this month. Primark employs more than 16,000 people - which it plans to increase to 23,000 over the next year - in its 137 stores in the UK, Spain and Ireland.


Sources

  • 2 August 2006: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Primark, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63866, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63866.