The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
23 October 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The KBC Bank will recruit 800 new staff between October 2006 and the end of 2007. The banking and insurance group will hire 400 new people for its branch network, 150 for its ICT team and 250 for sales and marketing and for centralised services.
Updated information (2006-11-24): Over the last three months, the bank/insurance group KBC made a profit of more than one billion euro.
Sources
24 November 2006: La Libre Belgique
24 November 2006: Le Soir
19 October 2006: L'Echo
Citation
Eurofound (2006), KBC, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 64275, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64275.
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