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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 December 2014
Employment effect (start)
16 December 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Arla Foods, an international dairy concern with Scandinavian roots, announced plans to create 100 new jobs at its Global Financial Services Centre in Gdańsk by the end of 2015. The company is looking for experienced employees as well as graduates.
On 16 December 2014, the company moved the centre into larger office and announced its expansion. The new centre provides finance, bookkeeping and logistics support to Arla’s plants and other units. The centre provides services in 12 languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, English, German and Spanish. The centre has been operating in Gdańsk since 2008. Currently, the centre employs over 260 people.
For information on a previous restructuring event announced by Arla Foods see 2008.
Sources
16 December 2014: Property News
16 December 2014: Trójmiasto.pl
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Arla Foods, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 78040, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78040.
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