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.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
390 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 July 2007
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2007
Foreseen end date
30 April 2008
Description
The Student Loans Company, a public body that provides financial support to students in the UK, is to create 390 jobs in Darlington.
The firm is moving from it's current Mowden Hall site into new offices at the town's Lingfield Point business park. The firm, which already employs 130 in Darlington, says the expansion plan will take the total workforce to about 520 by April 2008.
Sources
26 July 2007: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Student Loans Company, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65638, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65638.
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