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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
170 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 December 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
US owned technology firm Cayan has announced plans to create 170 new jobs in Northern Ireland. The new positions will be for customer service advisers and will be based in Belfast. Recruitment for the new jobs is already underway with 100 of the positions already filled. The business, which opened its site in Northern Ireland in 2013, expects to have a workforce of 240 by 2019. The new jobs are being supported by a GBP 680,000 grant from economic development agency Invest NI.
Sources
13 December 2017: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Cayan, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 92924, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92924.
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