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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.22 - Business and other management consultancy activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Ubiquity Global Service will open a new shared service centre in Budapest, Hungary, by February 2017. The investment will create 200 new jobs. Ubiquity Global Services is a multinational services organisation - headquartered in New York City - offering customer experience management solutions, risk management services and interactive voice response (IVR) solutions.
Sources
11 October 2016: mfor.hu
11 October 2016: Hirado.hu
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Ubiquity Global Services, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 88881, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88881.
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