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Professional Services 69 - Legal and accounting activities 69.1 - Legal activities 69.1 - Legal activities
3,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 May 2012
Employment effect (start)
24 May 2012
Foreseen end date
24 May 2017
Description
The Co-operative Group, a consumer cooperative active in diverse business areas, has announced that it is to create 3,000 new jobs by expanding its legal services portfolio over the next five years. The expansion will kick-off with the set up of a family law operation in London in 2012.
The jobs will be based in Co-operative Legal Services and will primarily be in consumer and family law. Ninty percent of the roles are expected to be in legal functions, with ten percent going to support staff.
Sources
24 May 2012: The Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Co-operative Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73706, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73706.