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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2006
Foreseen end date
31 August 2007
Description
Laser Contact (in France: 1,200 employees specialized in the Software consultancy) has announced the creation of a fifth establishment in the north of France (Villeneuve d'Ascq). The activity of Laser Contact is expanding fast. This fifth site should create 350 new jobs between September 2006 and September 2007. Laser Contact has decided to recruit the 350 new employees with the assistance of the National Employment Agency (Agence nationale pour lÂ’emploi, ANPE) local: Villeneuve d'Ascq. The groups Galleries Lafayette and Cetelem are the owners of the company Laser Contact.
Sources
31 August 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Laser contact, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 63984, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63984.
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