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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.0 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
6 February 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
British financial institution London Stock Exchange has announced plans to create 300 new positions at its IT service centre in Bucharest. The centre, which was inaugurated in February 2019, was initially expected to employ 200 people. The company develops and manages high-performance, transactional, market surveillance and post-trading systems for 42 organisations. British Foreign Secretary welcomed the move and described the centre as ‘a pawn for economic relations between Romania and the UK’.
Worldwide, London Stock Exchange Group, headquartered in London, employs about 6,800 people.
Eurofound (2019), London Stock Exchange, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 96647, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96647.
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