Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
The British financial and banking company Barclays is to create 200 new technology jobs in the Czech capital Prague.
The firm has already started the recruitment campaign, looking for experts in software development, project management, risk and business analysis.
It is the second business expansion of the company in Czech Republic during 2020, after that 250 employees of the service provider EPAM have been transferred to Barclays at the beginning of the year. The Prague site currently employs around 800 people.
Barclays is a multinational investment bank and financial services company with the headquarters in UK, operating in Europe, United States, Russia, China, Australia, Brazil and other geographical areas.
Eurofound (2020), Barclays, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 101239, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/101239.
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