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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.99 - Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding n.e.c.
227 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 December 2019
Employment effect (start)
2 December 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Greensill, a UK-based financial technology company, has announced that it will create 227 new jobs at its Daresbury site, near Warrington, in 2020. The new jobs include technology-focused roles, such as software engineering and data analytics as well as support and operations roles. The recruitment drive is already underway.
Greensill was founded in 2011 and it has 12 offices around the world, including London, New York, Frankfurt and Sydney. It specialises in providing supply chain finance and owns Greensill Bank.
Sources
2 December 2019: Greensill company press release (www.greensill.com)
Eurofound (2019), Greensill, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 99548, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99548.
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