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Professional Services Other professional, scientific and technical activities Photographic activities 74.20 - Photographic activities
235 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
6 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
6 May 2025
Foreseen end date
31 August 2025
Description
The French photography group, which specialises in maternity pictures, Primavista has gone bankrupt, rendering its 235 employees redundant.
The company had been experiencing financial difficulties even after receiving 3,5 million euros from public aid with COVID pandemic-related funds. Prior to the bankruptcy, the company faced a significant server infrastructure failure and economic difficulties that remained unresolved. This resulted in hundreds of clients losing their photographs. The former employees will be left with only the minimum legal rights following the closure.
Eurofound (2025), Primavista, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 202940, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202940.
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