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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 June 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Ahold Back Office Services (ABOS) centre will perform accounting services to Ahold operations in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Ahold Back Office Services (ABOS) will process incoming and outgoing invoices and payments. The centre will ultimately support over 430 stores, Albert supermarkets and Hypernova hypermarkets, in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. The centre will be opened in August 2005 and employ around 200 accounting and finance professionals.
Sources
29 June 2005: The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Eurofound (2005), Ahold Central Europe, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 61819, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61819.
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