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Adminstrative / Support Services 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 82.2 - Activities of call centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
13 October 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Call centre provider Sitel has announced the creation of up to 600 jobs in the West Midlands. The company has announced that it is to create a new office which will be based in Coventry's Sherbourne House. It is reported that 300 of these jobs will be created over the next six months, and the remaining 300 will be filled by the end of 2015. These new jobs will add to the 2,400 currently employed by the company in the UK. The company currently has five sites into the UK, including the head office in Stratford upon Avon which is just a short distance from the new site in Coventry.
Sources
14 October 2014: BBC Website
13 October 2014: Coventry Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Sitel, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77744, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77744.