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.
Bouchers Services, the outsourcing leader in the processing of beef, pork and veal, has announced the recruitment of 700 employees by 2020 on permanent employment contract. Half of the positions are to be filled immediately. The company recruits qualified or non qualified employees. 85% of the recruitments are for production positions and 15% for production management position.
Specialised in meat processing (second processing: deboning and trimming), the company is based in Rennes (Ile-et-Vilaine) but recruits for its customers throughout France. It employs 1,300 people and has a target to reach 2,000 employees in 2020. The company is in expansion and already recruited 380 employees in 2017. The company reached a turnover of €56 million in 2017.
Eurofound (2018), Bouchers Services, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 93824, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93824.
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