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 NGE construction group is continuing its recruitment drive in France and has announced 100 new permanent contract hires for the Ile-de-France region. Future employees will be assigned to work on urban and suburban public transport infrastructure, energy recovery projects and heating network projects. The company is looking in particular for machine operators, technicians, operating managers, etc. It also has the option of training employees at our own apprentice training centre (CFA). Three former announcements have been recorded in the ERM database : 200 job creations in 2020 2020-NGE-FR; 2,000 job creations in 2019 2019-NGE-FR; and 500 job creations in 2017 2017-NGE-FR.
Eurofound (2024), NGE, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 200800, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/200800.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
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