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Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Construction Of Buildings 41 - Construction of buildings
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
29 February 2016
Description
Scottish construction company Stewart Milne Group has announced that it is to create 250 new jobs. The company which currently employs a total of 800 employees has said that it expects all the vacancies to be filled over the next twelve months. The new employees will be located across Scotland and the North-West of England as well as in the timber facility in Witney, Oxfordshire. The new jobs on offer include tradespeople and site managers as well as jobs in the company's administrative functions.
Sources
9 February 2015: Herald Scotland
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Stewart Milne Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 78553, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78553.
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