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.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
210 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2013
Foreseen end date
24 May 2016
Description
The Cartwright Group, a manufacturer of trailers, has announced plans to create 300 new jobs in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. Of the new jobs, 210 are full-time ones and 90 are apprenticeships. The company invested £2.9m last year in order to improve products and services and also received £1.9m from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The new jobs include roles from shop-floor production to administration and will be created over the next three years.
Sources
16 May 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Cartwright, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75429, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75429.
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