Good employment rate among former Anttila and Stockmann personnel
(WorldNews Finland)

In November, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) granted Finland EUR 2.5 million to assist those laid off from Anttila and Stockmann department stores. After the project was completed, nearly 85 per cent of those who had been made redundant had found a job. The bankruptcy of the Anttila department store and the lay-offs of the Stockmann department store in autumn 2016 left more than 1,600 retail sector employees...