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22/07/2014
Centra To Create 300 New Jobs
Centra has said it is to expand its networks of stores in Ireland, and create 300 new jobs by the end of 2014.
The news comes after the retailer confirmed it had spent €241.1m in local communities around its 460 stores in 2013. Currently, Centra employs 11,280 people across its network of stores, which more than 5,000 being full-time positions. On average, each store accounts for 25 jobs in the surrounding community.
Commenting on the announcement, Centra Managing Director, Martin Kelleher, said: "Our study shows Centra is spending almost a quarter of a billion euros in communities all over Ireland, that's over €524,000 per store. We now have solid data demonstrating the significant economic importance and impact of our stores up and down the country.
"For the last 35 years, support of communities has and will continue to be, at the very heart of what makes Centra a successful business. We have ambitious growth plans and if performance continues as we expect, €1 billion will have been invested back into communities between 2013 and 2016."
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, added: "These jobs, and the millions spent on locally produced goods and services, has a significant knock-on economic benefit for communities, towns and villages across the country, and is the latest in a series of signs that domestic demand is starting to recover and economic growth is beginning to impact on every county.
"This is hugely important because a central part of our Action Plan for Jobs is to ensure that all of the country can benefit from the jobs growth that is happening and it is encouraging that in 2013 every region saw jobs growth. Crucial in this continuing recovery however is consumer demand, which is why Centra's commitment to further investment and jobs around the country is welcome."
(JP/CD)
The news comes after the retailer confirmed it had spent €241.1m in local communities around its 460 stores in 2013. Currently, Centra employs 11,280 people across its network of stores, which more than 5,000 being full-time positions. On average, each store accounts for 25 jobs in the surrounding community.
Commenting on the announcement, Centra Managing Director, Martin Kelleher, said: "Our study shows Centra is spending almost a quarter of a billion euros in communities all over Ireland, that's over €524,000 per store. We now have solid data demonstrating the significant economic importance and impact of our stores up and down the country.
"For the last 35 years, support of communities has and will continue to be, at the very heart of what makes Centra a successful business. We have ambitious growth plans and if performance continues as we expect, €1 billion will have been invested back into communities between 2013 and 2016."
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, added: "These jobs, and the millions spent on locally produced goods and services, has a significant knock-on economic benefit for communities, towns and villages across the country, and is the latest in a series of signs that domestic demand is starting to recover and economic growth is beginning to impact on every county.
"This is hugely important because a central part of our Action Plan for Jobs is to ensure that all of the country can benefit from the jobs growth that is happening and it is encouraging that in 2013 every region saw jobs growth. Crucial in this continuing recovery however is consumer demand, which is why Centra's commitment to further investment and jobs around the country is welcome."
(JP/CD)
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