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Scotland; South Western Scotland; North Lanarkshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Motherwell
Sector
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 October 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2016
Description
Motherwell based call centre company Ascensos has announced plans to create 200 new jobs, approximately doubling its current workforce. The company was established in 2013 with the help of a GBP 1.8 million grant from Scottish Enterprise and at the time said it expected to create 500 jobs in its first five years. These latest jobs follow the award of several major contracts from large retailers B&Q and Wickes and from energy company Scottish Power. The company is currently recruiting for the 200 vacancies and expects that the positions will be filled over a six month period.
Sources
6 October 2015: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Ascensos, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 85159, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85159.
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