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Adminstrative / Support Services 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 82.2 - Activities of call centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
186 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 November 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2016
Description
Customer services company Webhelp has announced its intention to create 186 new full time positions across four of its sites in Scotland. The operations at Glasgow, Greenock, Dunoon and Kilmarnock will respectively increase by 86, 45, 15 and 40 employees. Webhelp is able to take on extra employees as a result of increased business, both from existing clients and also from new clients across Europe. The company has also recently added 14 jobs to its site in Rothesay and 80 jobs in Falkirk. These latest jobs announced across the four sites will be filled by the end of 2016.
Sources
18 November 2016: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Webhelp, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89159, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/89159.