All brands affected by the Retail Park fire maintain jobs and want to stay in Portimão

The representatives of Rádio Popular, Decathlon, Staples, Feu Vert, De Borla, Aki and Moviflor, installed in Portimão Retail Park, in […]

The representatives of Rádio Popular, Decathlon, Staples, Feu Vert, De Borla, Aki and Moviflor, installed in Portimão Retail Park, at work meetings with the mayor of Portimão, «guaranteed that the jobs of their employees were insured, with no dismissal scenario to be considered», announced today the autarchy.

In a situation released today about the consequences of the fire that destroyed Portimão Retail Park in the early hours of September 23, the Chamber adds that the "responsible for Continente store had already publicly expressed the same desire" to keep jobs .

“All the brands reiterated their firm will to continue with their stores in Portimão. According to the representatives of the brands in question, Portimão Retail Park “was a very attractive commercial structure, which had customers from all over the region and with an area of ​​influence that extended to Baixo Alentejo”», adds the municipality in its current situation. .

All brands also regretted "the fact that there has not yet been a meeting with the property's management, in order to communicate the company's perspective for the future".

Like the Sul Informação reported on the 25th, some of the brands proposed the possibility of «using temporary installations or permanent relocations to other areas of the city in order to continue operating in Portimão».

However, adds the Chamber, "there is no decision taken at this level", since this "depends on future meetings with the owners of Portimão Retail Park, meetings that have not yet taken place".

Finally, the council adds that "a team of technicians from the Municipality of Portimão carried out these days the survey of available spaces in the city, as well as the respective areas, having been providing these elements to the operators of the affected stores."

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