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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.02 - Manufacture of kitchen furniture
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Wren Kitchens has announced plans to create 600 new jobs as it expands its site at Barton, North Lincolnshire. The GBP 40 million (€49.6 million) expansion is being planned to meet customer demand. The positions will be across manufacturing, engineering, IT, customer service and training. The company already employs 429 employees at the site, which it took over in 2012. The new positions which will be created will cover manufacturing, engineering, IT and training as well as client-facing customer service roles. The company has said that these new positions will be created from now until 2017.
Sources
31 March 2016: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Wren Kitchens, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86920, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86920.
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