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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
270 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2007
Foreseen end date
30 May 2008
Description
The American group Stream International, specialised in call centre activities, announced on 7 May 2007 that Stream France will nearly double the number of employees in its center in Angers, in the west of France. Stream France is expecting to recruit 270 operators between June 2007 and May 2008 following the signing of several new contracts: Canal+, Microsoft, Dell, Magellan Navigation, Packard Bell, Palm Computing and the Postal Bank.
Sources
7 May 2007: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Stream France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 65320, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65320.
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