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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.1 - Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals
175 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
28 August 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Czech software group Unicorn has opened its branch office in Liberec where it plans to create 175 new jobs. It is already the fourth regional development centre, which currently employs 25 people. At the same time it is the 21st development centre of the company, which is a leading European provider of information systems and solutions in the field of information and communication technologies.
Unicorn operates development centres in 15 cities in four European countries, outside the Czech Republic in Slovakia, the Netherlands and Ukraine. The company focuses mainly on clients in banking, insurance, telecommunications, energy, industry and commerce.
In June 2018, the company announced the creation of 185 new jobs in its branch office in Ostrava.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Unicorn, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 94820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94820.
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