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South East; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Milton Keynes
Sector
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 August 2019
Description
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced plans to open a new base in Milton Keynes. The site on the Caldecote Business Park will be open from the summer of 2019 and will be the customer care centre for the bank's new online account, Marcus. Initially the site will accommodate 150 jobs, though it is expected that this figure will rise to 250, as demand for the new online account grows. Recruitment for the new positions is set to begin early in 2019.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Goldman Sachs, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 95805, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95805.
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