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Health / Social Work Residential Health Care And Social Work Residential Care Activities 87.3 - Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
19 April 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
A care home based in Jordanstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland has announced that it is to create 100 new jobs. The development is being supported by a GBP 4 million (€ 4,750,000) investment which has been financed by Ulster Bank. The site will specialise in care for dementia patients and other vulnerable and disabled patients. The home is set to open in April 2017 and recruitment for the new positions is already underway. It has not been reported when all the 100 positions are expected to be filled.
Sources
19 April 2017: Belfast Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Wood Green Healthcare Centre, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90863, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90863.
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