The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Moneyquest, a Glasgow based telephone and online mortgage, insurance and loan brokers, has announed it is to create 150 new jobs in Glasgow. The firm plans to extend operating hours and take on full-time and part-time staff. The announcement was made as the firm opened its new St Vincent Street HQ. City council Leader Steven Purcell said the move would 'further boost Glasgow's growing reputation as an international financial services centre'.
The company said staff would be employed on flexible working patterns. Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Lesley Sawers said: 'This is excellent news for the city and our already very successful financial services sector which now employs 14% of people living in Glasgow.'
Sources
3 August 2006: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Moneyquest, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63865, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63865.
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