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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.2 - Management consultancy activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
23 September 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Capita, the UK-based professional services outsourcing firm, has announced that it will create between 100 and 200 jobs at its new office in Opole. Currently, the company operates in the Science-Technology Park in the city of Opole, but it is to move into a new office in the near future.
Established in 1984 in the UK, Capita is an outsourcing company which operates in the UK, Ireland and India. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2011. Currently, it has a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centre in the city of Kraków.
Eurofound (2021), Capita, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105383, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105383.
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