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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 April 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
12 April 2012
Description
It has been announced that 300 new jobs are to be created by Abtran, a call centre and outsourcing company located in County Cork. The company, which describes itself as a 'business process outsourcer', was formed 12 years ago and presently employs over 1,000 staff. It is envisaged that 300 jobs will be created over the next two years - by 2012.
In terms of its role, Abtran outsources various functions for clients such as Electricity Supply Board, An Post, BSkyB and Aviva. It is understood that the new jobs are the culmination of a €3m investment in research and development, backed by Enterprise Ireland.
Eurofound (2010), Abtran, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 70410, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70410.
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