ASIAKASTIETO GROUP PLC, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 17 JANUARY 2019 AT 8.00 A.M. EET
Asiakastieto Group outsources its telemarketing unit in Sweden
Asiakastieto Group Plc and UC Affärsfakta AB have undersigned a letter of intent
on the outsourcing of their telemarketing unit on 16 January 2019. According to
the letter of intent, Asiakastieto will transfer the telesales operations
practised by Affärsfakta to the company founded by the unit's current
management. By outsourcing, Asiakastieto increases its efficiency and encourages
to entrepreneurial ways of action.
At the moment Affärsfakta has approximately 120 employees, and it operates in
four locations in Sweden. The net sales of Affärsfakta amounted to approximately
EUR 10 million in 2017. Along with the outsourcing, the employees will be
transferred to the employment of the new company with current benefits and
obligations, and the unit's present managing director Krister Ahlberg will
continue to lead the company. The intention is to sign the outsourcing contract
during the first quarter in 2019, and the outsourcing is planned to be finalised
by the end of the third quarter of the year, at the latest.
"Outsourcing the telemarketing operations is a flexible way to increase
efficiency and develop these functions further. We do not expect the
outsourcing arrangement to have an essential impact on Asiakastieto's financial
key ratios for 2019", says Asiakastieto Group's CEO Jukka Ruuska.
For further information:
Jukka Ruuska, CEO
Asiakastieto Group Plc
tel. +358 10 270 7111
Distribution:
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Asiakastieto Group is one of the leading providers of digital business and
consumer information services in the Nordic countries. The Group's products and
services are primarily used for risk management, finance and administration,
decision-making and sales and marketing purposes. We are operating in Finland
under the brand Suomen Asiakastieto and in Sweden under the brand UC.
Asiakastieto and UC combined on 29 June 2018. Our pro forma annual net sales for
2017 was EUR 130 million and the number of employees was approximately 500. The
Group serves several industries, the largest ones including finance and banking
as well as wholesale and retail sectors and expert service companies.
Asiakastieto Group is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki with the ticker ATG1V. More
information about Asiakastieto Group is available at www.asiakastieto.fi and
www.uc.se.
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