Wren set to create 500 new jobs in Barton-Upon-Humber


Kitchen and bedroom retailer Wren has revealed plans to create up to 500 new jobs in Barton-Upon-Humber following the successful purchase of the former Kimberly-Clark manufacturing plant.

According to a news report in the local media, the company actually plans to transform the 180-acre site into Wren’s new head office, complete with a new customer service department, as well as warehousing, logistics and manufacturing facilities.

Given the Five hundred new jobs will be created over the next five years with the first 100 vacancies expected to be filled within six months. Wren Kitchens & Bedrooms currently employs 1,200 people in the UK, 650 of which are in the Humber region.

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