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.
Yorkshire and the Humber; West Yorkshire; Bradford
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Yorkshire Building Society has announced plans to create 120 new jobs at the society's head office in Bradford. 60 of the newly created jobs will be established directly at the headquarters and another 60 in the company's mortgage subsidiary.
As of 27 November 2011, no date has been given for when recruitment for the new positions will start.
The company currently employs 1,500 people. As a building society The Yorkshire Building Society is owned by its member as a mutual organization.
Sources
26 November 2011: Bradford Telegraph and Argus
26 November 2011: Yorkshire Post
25 November 2011: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Yorkshire Building Society, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 72772, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72772.
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