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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The call centre company Arvato, part of the German group Bertelsman announced on 3 October 2006 the opening up of their sixth center in France, in the city of Le Havre (Seine Maritime). The centre is to open before the end of the year 2007 and it is expected to create 300 jobs.
Arvato will invest 3 million euro in this project, as a result of the strong growth in the sector. It has envisaged a training plan that will provide each employee with 175 hours coaching. Arvato's clients include France Télécom-Orange, SFR, Air France and Frequence Plus (Air France), and TPS, among others.
Sources
4 October 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Arvato, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64192, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64192.
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