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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2011
Foreseen end date
31 March 2013
Description
Ikea, a furniture and home accessories company, will open an accounting office in Poznań in spring 2011. Some 300 people will be employed within 2 year. The company has already started recruitment and already signed contracts with the first 30 employees. Initially the Poznan Center will deliver accounting services to Ikea's units in Poland, but the company plans that the centre will expand its activities to other European countries.
Sources
8 November 2010: Gazeta Inwestor ()
23 June 2010: Gazeta Wyborcza
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Citation
Eurofound (2010), Ikea, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71170, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71170.
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