Type
Business expansion
Country
Romania
Region
Bucuresti; Bucuresti;
Location of affected unit(s)
Bucharest, Bucharest region
Sector
Financial Services
Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities
Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities
66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 January 2010

Description

British American Tobacco (BAT) will hire an additional 150 persons at its British American Shared Services site in Bucharest by the beginning of 2010. British American Tobacco (BAT) selected Bucharest for a new centre for financial services with 100 employees in the first phase. In 2007, BAT reported a turnover of 824 million euros in Romania, in a plant of cigarettes, an increase of 40% compared with 2006.


Sources

  • 15 December 2008: Ziarul Financiar

Citation

Eurofound (2008), British American Shared Services Europe, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 67701, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67701.