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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.20 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
The mutual accountability group CER France has decided to recruit 100 employees in its subsidiary Vigi Corp in 2016. CER France bought Vigi Corp in September 2015 to reinforce its adaptation to the digitalisation of its activities. Vigicorp had 25 employees in September 2015 and increased its workforce to 30 in January 2016 and, according its management, intends to recruit 100 employees in 2016 – developers, graphic designers, creators of mobile applications – for its site in Saint-Herblain near Nantes.
Sources
12 January 2016: Ouest-France
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Vigi Corp, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 86228, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86228.
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