John Lewis

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; West Central Scotland; Glasgow City
Location of affected unit(s)
Glasgow
Sector
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
250 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

Retailer John Lewis will create 175 jobs with the opening of a new customer contact centre in Glasgow. An additional 75 people from stores in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen will move to the new centre as the company moves to centralise services. The jobs will be created when the centre opens in Glasgow in June 2010.

Sources

  • 1 October 2009: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2009), John Lewis, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69636, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69636.