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 Dutch company, TMF Group, is increasing the workforce at its European Development Centre in Katowice, Poland. It plans to increase employment by more than 100 people over several months.
TMF Group's European Centre is expanding its range of services for global clients, hence the need to hire more people. Initially, TMF Group intends to recruit new employees to work in human resources, accounting and taxes. The TMF European Centre in Katowice is an independent unit within the Group's global structures. Its employees are part of international teams providing services directly to the companies, which TMF Group supports in the areas of accounting and taxes, HR and payroll management and corporate secretariat.
TMF Group is an international company headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Group provides accounting, tax, HR and payroll services to companies operating internationally. TMF Group's services are used by more than 60 per cent of Fortune Global 500 and FTSE 100 companies.
Eurofound (2023), TMF Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 108392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/108392.
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