The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Professional Services Activities of head offices and management consultancy Business and other management consultancy activities 70.2 - Business and other management consultancy activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Valassis, a British company that processes and settles the finances of coupons and money-off vouchers between product manufacturers and retailers, has announced that it is to create 200 new permanent jobs by the end of 2008 with the opening of a back-office centre in Białogard (Western Pomerania, on the Polish coast). Another 150 seasonal jobs may be also created. This business expansion is the result of a relocation of the company's operations from the UK to Poland. Valassis UK is a subsidiary of Valassis Communications, the multinational services company based in the United States – provider of promotional solutions relying on state-of-the-art marketing tools.
Eurofound (2007), Valassis, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 66164, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66164.
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