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.
Lanarkshire, Prestwick, Ayrshire and other locations
Sector
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
1,300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 August 2010
Description
The supermarket chain Sainsbury's is to create 1,300 new jobs in Scotland by next summer (2010). The company will open new stores in Lanarkshire, Prestwick, Ayrshire, and it will expand existing ones. The new posts are part of wider restructuring plans aiming at the creation of 150 convenience stores by 2010-2011.
Sources
8 August 2009: BBC News
10 August 2009: Evening Times
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Sainsbury's, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69371, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69371.
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