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.
Avant Homes, the UK-based residential construction company has announced that it will create up to 360 jobs in its recently opened regional office in Chesterfield, England in the next nine months. The new subsidiary has been named Avant Homes Central and its activities will cover the areas of South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and the north of Nottinghamshire. It is the company’s fifth regional office and building development on one site is already underway.
The new jobs are in all areas of the business, ranging from construction and technical roles to sales and from entry to management level. The company’s managing director said: "Avant Homes Central is an important strategic expansion for our business, allowing us to provide … homes to even more people.”
The company has recently opened another regional office in Sunderland, in North-East of England.
Eurofound (2018), Avant homes, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 94743, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/94743.
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