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 47.3 - Retail sale of automotive fuel 47.30 - Retail sale of automotive fuel
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2015
Foreseen end date
1 March 2017
Description
Over 200 new jobs will be created over the next two years as the first motorway service stations are planned for Northern Ireland. Four service stations will be opened, with each needing 50-60 staff including positions for managers and sales staff. The service stations are being opened by Irish company Petrogas global and will trade under Petrogas' Applegreen brand. Petrogas currently operates twelve service stations in the Republic of Ireland.
The first service station will be ready by March 2015 between junctions 4 and 5 of the M2 near Templepatrick. Petrogas has said that the Northern Ireland stations will be smaller than their counterparts in the south. The company has also stated that it is currently looking for further sites to develop.
Sources
17 June 2014: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Petrogas Global, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77246, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77246.
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