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Professional Services 70 - Activities of head offices and management consultancy 70.2 - Business and other management consultancy activities 70.2 - Business and other management consultancy activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Valassis, a British company that processes and settles the finances of coupons and money-off vouchers between product manufacturers and retailers, has announced that it is to create 200 new permanent jobs by the end of 2008 with the opening of a back-office centre in Białogard (Western Pomerania, on the Polish coast). Another 150 seasonal jobs may be also created. This business expansion is the result of a relocation of the company's operations from the UK to Poland. Valassis UK is a subsidiary of Valassis Communications, the multinational services company based in the United States – provider of promotional solutions relying on state-of-the-art marketing tools.
Eurofound (2007), Valassis, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66164, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66164.