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.
American restaurant technology platform Toast is to create 100 jobs in Ireland in 2022. It is opening a new office in central Dublin. The new roles will be across a range of functions including software development, sales and customer support.
The company, which is headquartered in Boston, employs over 3,000 people worldwide, including the United States, the UK, Ireland, Canada and India. It provides software and financial technology solutions to help restaurants run their business across sales, marketing, loyalty, delivery and management. It has been operating in Dublin since 2017.
A former business expansion was recorded in the ERM database in 2019, with 120 jobs created (Toast-2019-IE).
Eurofound (2022), Toast, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107036, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107036.
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