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.
Financial services firm Sigma Financial Group has commenced recruitment to fill 600 new jobs at their second office and contact centre in Birmingham. Planning for the business expansion was originally announced in December 2015 in a press release by the company, however the Sigma Financial Groups is now in the position to begin recruitment.The company is working with Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMET), Birmingham City Council and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in order to prepare candidates and fill the newly created roles between now and the end of 2016. The roles are for administrative and call centre work. Sigma provides call centre services to clients from across a broad range of industry sectors including utilities, retail, financial services and telecommunications.
Eurofound (2016), Sigma Financial Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86834, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/86834.
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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