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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Information Service Activities 63 - Information service activities
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 December 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
On 1 December DayBreak Data, an American Information Technology company, announced it started operating from Malta. DayBreak Data is planning to engage around 100 new employees by the end of 2011, 250 employees by the end of 2012, 500 by end of 2013 and a total of 1,000 employees by end of 2014. DayBreak aims to attract quality staff members by offering them 20 per cent over fair market value.
DayBreak Data has yet to decide upon the exact locality where it shall base its offices. SmartCity, Sliema, Ta' Xbiex and Mriehel were all named as possible contenders.
DayBreak Data is is the creator of one of the world's largest and most comprehensive contact list databases.
Sources
2 December 2010: maltastar.com
2 December 2010: Times of Malta
Citation
Eurofound (2010), DayBreak Data, Business expansion in Malta, factsheet number 71315, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71315.
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