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Yorkshire and the Humber; East Riding and North Lincolnshire; Kingston upon Hull
Location of affected unit(s)
Hull
Sector
Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.19 - Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
160 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
19 March 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Remortgaging company Enact Conveyancing has announced plans to create 160 new jobs at its new site in Hull. The business, which is headquartered in Leeds, employs 530 people at its main site, while the Hull site is expected to account for around 30% of the company's headcount. Jobs on offer in Hull include conveyancing, legal assistants and team leader positions. Twenty nine people have already been recruited and will start work later in March 2018. The company has commented that it expects the remaining positions will be filled by the end of the year.
Sources
13 March 2018: Hull Daily Mail
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Enact Conveyancing, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93820.
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