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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Via Stalls And Markets Or Other 47.9 - Retail trade not in stores, stalls or markets
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 November 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Low-cost internet service provider Direct Save Telecom has announced that it will create 150 new jobs by summer 2015, following the opening of its new office in Birmingham. Initially 20 jobs will be created but this will rise to 150 by the summer. The roles will be telesales positions. The company has said that it is particularly targeting the jobless and will operate a guaranteed interview scheme. The expansion follows the company opening offices in Croydon and Slough during 2013.
Sources
11 November 2014: Birmingham Mail
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Direct Save Telecom, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77909, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77909.
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