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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
12 June 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Cumbrian based firm Lakeland has opened an extension to its distribution centre on the Westmorland Business Park. The move has created a 50pc increase in storage capacity for the kitchen and homeware retailer. Currently 200 people are employed at the site in Kendal and it is expected that this expansion will create a further 100 jobs. Not all the new jobs will be based at the distribution centre; there will be some at the head office which is based in nearby Windemere. The timeframe for the creation of the new jobs is not yet known.
Sources
12 June 2014: Westmorland Gazette
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Lakeland, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77224, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77224.
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