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.
West Midlands; Shropshire and Staffordshire; Staffordshire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Newcastle under Lyme
Sector
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 July 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2013
Foreseen end date
31 July 2015
Description
Construction equipment manufacturer JCB has announced that it is to create 300 jobs over the next 2 years, at a new logistics hub in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The company is making use of the government's Regional Growth Fund to support the jobs and training programmes. It is expected that 60 people will be employed on the site by the end of December. The site will be the main depot for parts bought from suppliers that are used within the JCB business.
It will serve 11 UK plants and also plants in Germany and Brazil. JCB is a major employer within Stafforshire with a total workforce in excess of 5,500.
Eurofound (2013), JCB, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75679, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75679.
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