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.
(49 - 53) Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
29 June 2007
Description
Waitrose has announced it is to create 1,000 new jobs in Kent by reopening a Morrisons distribution centre. The company said it had agreed with Morrisons to buy the vacant centre at Aylesford as well as six stores. The centre will open in the middle of 2007 with recruitment expected to start in the new year. Tony Solomons, Waitrose supply chain director, said: 'When Aylesford is up and running it will also allow us to service our branch network more efficiently and reduce the number of food miles.'
Sources
17 July 2006: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Waitrose, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63799, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63799.
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