Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Northern Ireland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Belfast
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
24 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Bombardier, an engineering firm that operates in the aerospace sector, has announced that it is to create 200 jobs at its site in Belfast which currently employs 5,000 workers. The company stated that the jobs will be related to their new programme making aircraft wings. As of 26 October 2008, it is not known when these jobs will start, although the company has already started to advertise them.


Sources

  • 24 October 2008: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Bombardier, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67276, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67276.