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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
17 November 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
The French call centre firm Acticall plans to recruit another 100 employees for its newly-opened site in Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) by the end of 2011. The company launched their site in Clermont-Ferrand in 2010 and has since then recruited 400 people (see factsheet 15276).
Acticall currently employs 5300 employees in France and Morocco. The group specializes in customer services and has a 2010 turnover forecast of €130 million.
Eurofound (2011), Acticall, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72732, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72732.
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