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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2022
Employment effect (start)
14 July 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
Link Financial Group, a British company specialising in debt management, has announced plans to hire 200 people in Lodz, Poland. The company is currently recruiting because it has entered the Polish market in June 2022 by becoming a strategic investor of the Obligo Group. It is looking for people with at least a secondary education level. Experience working with customers and knowledge of English are welcome.
Link Financial Group was founded in 1998. It currently employs 950 people globally and operates in eight European countries.
Eurofound (2022), Link Financial Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 107091, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107091.
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