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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Software provider Advanced has announced plans to create 200 jobs. The company, which has its headquarters in central Birmingham at the Mailbox, has grown rapidly and employed 200 new people over the past nine months; it has grown into a company valued at GBP 750 million (€869 million) in eight years. The latest 200 jobs are due to be created by the autumn of 2017. In January 2017 Advanced officially opened the extension to its headquarters, which will house the new recruits.
Sources
23 January 2017: Business Cloud
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Advanced, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90055, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90055.
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