The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and related parts and accessories 47.8 - Retail sale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and related parts and accessories
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
11 March 2019
Foreseen end date
10 March 2021
Description
Czech-based used car dealership AAA Auto, a subsidiary of AURES Holdings, has announced that it will create 200 jobs at its new call centre in Katowice, Poland, within the next two years. AURES Holdings was founded in the Czech Republic in 1992. It is the largest automotive company in the field of used car buying, selling, financing, insurance and upscale services in Central and Eastern Europe. As of March 2019, AAA Auto employs 2,600 people at its three call centres located in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Eurofound (2019), AAA Auto, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97392.
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