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.
In May 2009, mobile network operator Vodafone Hungary created 300 new jobs with the opening of a regional costumer service centre in Miskolc (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County). Vodafone invested HUF 500 million (EUR 1,8 million) in setting up the new centre.
The telecommunication company also initiated a headcount increase at its operations centre in Budapest where another 300 new jobs were created. Vodafone Hungary's business expansion resulted in an overall increase in its workforce by almost 43% from 1,400 to 2,000 employees.
Headquartered in Newbury (United Kingdom), Vodafone Group is one of the largest mobile telecommunication network company, and operates in 27 countries.
Eurofound (2009), Vodafone Hungary, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 70104, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70104.
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