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
16 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
It has been announced that a new McDonald's restaurant will open in Port Glasgow, which will result in the creation of 100 new jobs. The opening of the new site will also be accompanied by upgrades to other restaurants within Scotland's central belt. Sites in Greenock, Anniesland, Balloch and Clydebank will see the latest mobile ordering technology installed as well as changes to the kitchen layouts. The new restaurant in Port Glasgow is set to open at the end of October 2018; it is not known when all of the new jobs will be filled.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), McDonald's, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 95822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95822.
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