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Adminstrative / Support Services 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 82.2 - Activities of call centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
9 April 2015
Foreseen end date
21 May 2015
Description
US business services company Concentrix has announced it will open a call centre in Matosinhos (district of Oporto) and create 500 jobs. The company plans also to open a nursery for the workers' children. The new call centre is scheduled to open on May 21. Concentrix invested €1.2 million in this project. The company may also add to current staffing levels at another unit in Braga.
Sources
Manda-te
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Concentrix, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 79234, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/79234.