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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
105 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
2 July 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
On 24 June 2013, the call centre Call Expert Languedoc Roussillon (105 employees) in Saint-Christol-lez-Als was placed in liquidation. The commercial court is to decide the liquidation in July. The closure of the company will affect 105 employees will be dismissed.
According the group, the site lost an important contract with its main client. Employees have started to strike and the company lost other clients, and was forced to ask for a liquidation.
Call Expert Languedoc Roussillon is a subsidiary of the group Call Expert (700 employees in France).
Sources
27 June 2013: Call Expert (Press release)
24 June 2013: Midi Libre
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Call Expert Languedoc-Roussillon, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 75570, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75570.
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