MADRID, March 9 (Reuters) - Spain's Santander SAN.MC has moved round 60 workers from its buying and
MADRID, March 9 (Reuters) – Spain’s Santander SAN.MC has moved round 60 workers from its buying and selling flooring at its group headquarters on the outskirts of Madrid to a special location within the capital as a part of its contingency plans in opposition to a possible unfold of the coronavirus, a supply with information of the matter mentioned on Monday.
Santander’s choice to maneuver a part of its workers follows an analogous choice taken by its essential Spanish competitor, BBVA BBVA.MC on Thursday.
“The safety measure was taken to make sure the continuity of enterprise exercise within the occasion of contagion,” the supply mentioned.
Santander declined to remark.
Santander presently employs 400 individuals at its buying and selling flooring at its group headquarter in Boadilla del Monte, a location 24 kilometres (15 miles) west of Madrid, and 15% of this workforce have been transferred as of as we speak to an workplace of the Santander’s Spanish unit.
(Reporting By Jesús Aguado Modifying by Ingrid…