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 website provider, Squarespace, is to create 120 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years.
Recruitment for the new roles will begin immediately and the jobs will cover various roles with a particular focus on engineering and product roles. The business expansion is supported by the Industrial Development Authority (IDA).
Squarespace assists small and medium sized companies to set up their own websites. It is headquartered in New York and first opened its Irish office in Dublin in 2013. The company currently employs approximately 300 people in Ireland.
Eurofound (2025), Squarespace, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 202394, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202394.
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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