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Other Services Repair Of Computers And Personal And Household Goods Repair Of Personal And Household Goods 95.12 - Repair of communication equipment
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
WeFix, a French start up specialised in the repair of computers and smart phones, has announced the recruitment of 200 employees in 2017 to open 100 new outlets in France. WeFix has now concluded a round of requests for investors to develop its activities in France with 100 new outlets in 2017. It will doubled its workforce with the hiring of managers and technicians. Created in 2012, the company started to work for the maintenance of mobile phone for companies before enlarging its activities in 2015 to the consumer market. Its turnover has increased from €400,000 to €15 million in two years. So far, WeFix has recruited and trained 150 employees in Belgium, France and Germany.
Sources
7 April 2017: Madyness
Citation
Eurofound (2017), We Fix, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 90781, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90781.
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