Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
French home improvement and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin has announced that it will create 160 jobs at its new store in Katowice. The construction of the store, with an area of 10,000 square metres, is expected to be completed in April 2019.
Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994; as of February 2019, the company runs 62 stores employing about 10,500 people across the country. In 2018, the company announced three restructuring programmes: in April (120 new jobs), May (100 new jobs) and November (150 new jobs).
Eurofound (2019), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97249, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/97249.