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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 May 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 May 2011
Description
A business outsourcing company intends to create 100 new jobs within the next three years in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish speaking region). The company, Forward Emphasis International Ltd, already employs 200 people in the area. The new jobs will be created as part of its proposal to establish a second contact centre. The expansion is being grant assisted by development agencies.
Forward Emphasis International provides telephone solutions, direct mail and back office services to the banking and financial services sector, government and not-for-profit organisations in the UK.
Sources
20 May 2008: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Forward Emphasis International, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 66642, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66642.
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