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.
Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.09 - Other information technology and computer service activities
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 December 2020
Employment effect (start)
18 December 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Telent Technology Services, the British telecommunications and digital infrastructure company, has announced that it will create 250 jobs. The jobs include field surveyor, project manager and telecoms engineer roles. The business expansion is due to Telent securing a contract with Openreach to expand the ‘full fibre’ internet network across the UK, starting from January 2021.
A representative of Telent said the firm was happy to contribute to this critical infrastructure programme and added that the company would provide training to new recruits without experience of working in the telecommunications industry.
Telent provides communications and network services to clients including the London Ambulance Service and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The company has recently announced the creation of 350 jobs as a subcontractor of CityFibre.
Sources
18 December 2020: Telent (company press release) (telent.com)
18 December 2020: Openreach (company press release) (www.openreach.com)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Telent, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 102990, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/102990.
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