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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
600 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
18 March 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Financial services firm Sigma Financial Group has commenced recruitment to fill 600 new jobs at their second office and contact centre in Birmingham. Planning for the business expansion was originally announced in December 2015 in a press release by the company, however the Sigma Financial Groups is now in the position to begin recruitment.The company is working with Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMET), Birmingham City Council and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in order to prepare candidates and fill the newly created roles between now and the end of 2016. The roles are for administrative and call centre work. Sigma provides call centre services to clients from across a broad range of industry sectors including utilities, retail, financial services and telecommunications.
Sources
18 March 2016: The business desk
23 December 2015: Company press release
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Sigma Financial Group, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86834, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86834.
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