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.
Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Lloyds TSB, the British financial services group, has announced the creation of 150 new jobs at the firm’s call centre in Glasgow. The firm currently employs approximately 1,000 at its Glasgow site. Sally Jones-Evans, the managing director of the firm’s telephone banking division, stated that the new jobs would involve a range of full time and part-time roles. A spokeswoman for the bank also stated that one of the reasons for the job creation was that the bank was expecting an increase in the volume of customer calls due to the coming of the Christmas holiday and changes to customer overdrafts recently implemented by the bank. As of October 2007, there is no information on when the new jobs will be created by.
Sources
15 October 2007: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Lloyds, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65929, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65929.
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