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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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 November 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Accountancy and financial advice firm PricewaterhouseCooper has announced that it is to create between 130 and 150 jobs in Northern Ireland. In 2011, the company gained the support of Invest Northern Ireland to create three centres of excellence at its Waterfront Plaza headquarters in Belfast.
Whilst the firm is keen to recruit experienced staff, the firm has also made commitments to recruit high quality graduates and school leavers. Recruitment has already begun for its graduate, undergraduate and school leavers program.
Sources
7 November 2012: Belfast Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2012), PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC), Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74510, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74510.
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