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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.7 - Retail sale of other goods in specialised stores
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
31 October 2006
Foreseen end date
31 August 2011
Description
UK-owned healthcare giant, Boots, is planning to create 800 new jobs in the Republic of Ireland, as it embarks on a major expansion in Dublin and across the country. Over the next five years, the company intends to have a presence in every city and provincial town in the Republic. Once completed, this would raise total employment from 1,200 up to 2,000. The addition of 30 new stores will bring the number of Boots stores to over 70 by 2011.
Sources
20 August 2029: The Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Boots, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 63970, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63970.
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