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East Midlands; Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; Nottingham
Location of affected unit(s)
Nottingham
Sector
Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Household Goods 46.42 - Wholesale of clothing and footwear
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Sports brand retailer Pentland Brands has announced that it is to create 100 new jobs at its site on the Nottingham Business Park. The site will be the base of house sales, marketing and finance positions for the company's Mitre and Canterbury sports brands. The Speedo swimwear brand is already based in Nottingham. When the new jobs are added, the company will employ around 200 people in Nottingham as well as a further 72 in field-based or flexible location roles. The timeframe for filling the new jobs has not been announced.
Sources
15 January 2018: The business desk
15 January 2018: Nottingham Post
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Pentland Brands, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93133, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93133.
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