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.
Manufacturing Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment 33.17 - Repair and maintenance of other transport equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 June 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2019
Foreseen end date
30 June 2020
Description
Activate Group Ltd (AGL) has announced plans to create 200 new jobs. The company which specialises in services related to car accidents is set to open five accident repair centres across the UK. The first centre will open in Birmingham in August 2019, followed by other centres in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow. The jobs on offer include technician and support roles and recruitment for the first centre has already begun. It is expected that the jobs will be filled over the coming twelve months.
Eurofound (2019), Activate Accident Repair, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 97958, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97958.
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