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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Automotive Fuel In Specialised Stores 47.3 - Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 December 2013
Employment effect (start)
16 December 2013
Foreseen end date
16 December 2015
Description
Fuel and forecourt retailer Euro Garages is to create an additional 650 jobs over the next 2 years. The new jobs will be at a combination of existing sites, which will be developed, and new forecourt locations.
By the end of 2014, the company aims to increase the number of its shops from currently 120 to 210.
The company said that it had benefitted from new site acquisitions and brand partnerships with companies like Starbucks, Subway and Greggs which led to strong non fuel sales.
Euro Garages is based in Blackburn. During 2013, the company had already increased its headcount from 1,150 to 1,800.
Sources
16 December 2013: Insider Media
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Euro Garages, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76380, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76380.
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