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Yorkshire and the Humber; East Riding and North Lincolnshire; Kingston upon Hull
Location of affected unit(s)
Hull (Kingston upon Hull)
Sector
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
9 December 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
ResQ, the British contact centre services provider, has announced the creation of 120 full-time, permanent call centre jobs in Hull, Yorkshire.
The Hull city councillor said that ResQ recruitment news is particularly welcomed, demonstrating the commercial confidence in the city by a leading private-sector employer. ResQ’s chief operations officer underlined the importance of creating new opportunities at this difficult time.
ResQ provides outsourced contact services to its clients, including British Gas, BT and Vodafone. The company has two sites in the north of England, in Hull and Seaham employing 1,350 people.
9 December 2020: ResQ (press release) (resqcs.co.uk)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), ResQ, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 102912, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102912.
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