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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
700 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
American services provider Sitel is reported to be creating 700 jobs as it continues its expansion within the UK. The company has signed a contract on the Ship building in Plymouth, which was formerly the Herald and Western Morning News offices. Following renovation the site has been made operational for its new purpose. The company has suggested that it could eventually employ more than 700, though this would be dependent on securing a second premises in the city. Sitel will begin operating from The Ship in February 2017.
Sources
4 November 2016: Plymouth Herald
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Sitel, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89113, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89113.
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