Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Glasgow and Leeds
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

170 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
19 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007

Description

More than 100 jobs will be created in Glasgow and 50 in Leeds when a new broadband service is launched later this year, it has been announced. The service will be launched by mobile provider O2, which last year paid 50 million GBP for broadband provider Be. The company is hiring a total of 170 additional staff to run the service with 120 of those based at O2's customer service centre in Glasgow.

The jobs will range from managerial to specialist technical positions. The development will take the total number employed at the Glasgow centre to 1,500 by the end of the year, the firm said.


Sources

  • 19 February 2007: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2007), O2, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64983, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64983.