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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Homeware retailer Dunelm has announced plans to create 100 new jobs when it opens its new store in Essex. The shop will open in the former Britvic factory on the Clock Tower Retail Park in Chelmsford in December 2017. The shop will be open seven days a week and will sell Dunelm's usual range of homewares, furniture and garden accessories from Dunelm's own brands as well as from other designers. The store will also host a cafe on its mezzanine level.
Sources
29 September 2017: Essex Live
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Dunelm, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 92202, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92202.
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