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.
Specialist of technical inspection of buildings company Bureau Alpes Contrôles has announced the recruitment of 230 employees in France by 2022. The aim of the job creation is to support its growth. The company is also specialised in safety coordination, operational verification, environmental and organic certification, training, classification of tourist facilities and property diagnostics.
Alpes Contrôles has 50 branches in France and employs 650 people. It plans to other 80 branches within five years. The company has achieved a turnover of €46 million in 2020 and €56 million in 2021 and is planning an increase of around 20% for 2022.
Previous business expansion was recorded in the ERM database in 2017, with 100 new jobs (Bureau Alpes Contrôles-2017-FR).
Eurofound (2022), Bureau Alpes Contrôles, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 106552, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106552.
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