Seachill

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber; East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire; North and North East Lincolnshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Grimsby
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.2 - Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
10.2 - Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
2 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Grimsby based seafood company Seachill has announced plans to create 200 new jobs, only weeks after it completed a previous recruitment drive. The company plans to create the new jobs in the spring of 2019. The previous expansion was made possible when the company signed new deals with supermarkets Tesco and Waitrose and it is understood that the latest expansion is a result of developing new product lines for the Waitrose contract. Concerns have been raised that the public transport links to the site will need to be improved in order to help local people access these new job opportunities. 

Citation

Eurofound (2018), Seachill, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 95940, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/95940.