Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North West;
Location of affected unit(s)
Preston, Bolton and Widnes
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Service Activities
Information Service Activities
63 - Information service activities

850 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 April 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

More than 850 people will lose their jobs at services firm Experian, the latest victims of the trend for companies such as Marks & Spencer to shift their call centres to India. The credit checking and data collection firm, part of GUS, is shutting its division that provides call centre services for third parties. It blamed the loss of some of its biggest contracts to offshore companies.


Sources

  • 21 April 2004: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Experian, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60273, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60273.