Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales;
Location of affected unit(s)
Cardiff and Swansea
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
14 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Two hundred jobs are being created in Cardiff and Swansea by a mobile telecommunications company. Communications Direct Ltd, which was only created in June 2003, already employs more than 120 staff at its Cardiff headquarters.

The direct sales operation sells third generation (3G), broadband and other services across five mobile networks. Half the sales staff will be recruited for its Cardiff headquarters and the rest for new offices in Swansea.


Sources

  • 14 March 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Communications Direct Ltd, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61273, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61273.