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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
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 November 2017
Employment effect (start)
30 November 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its Business Service Centre in Poznań within the next five years. The site in Poznań was established in 2011, and belongs to the Group Shared Services which is part of the IKEA group. The site provides HR and financial services to IKEA’s units across Europe. Currently, it employs 500 people.
Sources
30 November 2017: Bankier
Citation
Eurofound (2017), IKEA, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92836, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92836.
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