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.
Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 September 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
It has been announced that the Herbert Group is expanding its chain of KFC restaurants across Northern Ireland. The group will take on 27 restaurants in the UK and Ireland and further expansion of 20 restaurants is expected in England in the first quarter of 2018. The expansion will result in the creation of 100 jobs in Northern Ireland. Eighty jobs will be created as part of the expansion of the new home delivery service, which is currently being trialled. A further 20 jobs will be created in the group's head office in Belfast.
Sources
26 September 2017: Belfast Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2017), KFC, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 92316, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92316.
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