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 Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Rapid Hardware, a firm that retails hardware for home improvement, is to create 200 new jobs in Liverpool. The announcement follows the firm securing a new, larger premises in Liverpool city centre in which to retail its products. The firm will move to the new premises and create the new jobs in 2011. A spokesman for the firm said that it was ‘delighted’ about the move. Rapid Hardware currently employs 200 in Liverpool.
Sources
1 October 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Rapid Hardware, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65877, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65877.
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