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.
(46 - 47) Wholesale / Retail 47 - Retail trade 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale 47.1 - Non-specialised retail sale
900 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 April 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
John Lewis has announced plans for a £40 million department store designed to be the centrepiece of the £500 million regeneration of part of Leeds city centre. The development will, it is claimed, generate up to 900 jobs. Alongside the store shops, bars, and apartments will also be created by the scheme. Councillors say the work, which is due to start in 2007, will create the largest expansion of the city to date.
Sources
26 April 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), John Lewis, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61512, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61512.
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