Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North West; Greater Manchester;
Location of affected unit(s)
Manchester
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

100 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
4 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
4 June 2014
Foreseen end date
4 June 2017

Description

Information Technology company Allscripts is to create 100 new jobs. The company which specialises in providing computer systems which are primarily used in the healthcare sector has announced that it is to create its European headquarters in Manchester.

Clients for the company include the NHS who has purchased systems for electronic records keeping. It is not known when recruitment for these new positions will start, but it is expected that all of these new positions will be filled over two or three years. There will be various positions to fill including those relating to software development and design, sales and project management.


Sources

  • 4 June 2014: Manchester Evening News

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Allscripts, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77172, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77172.