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.
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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
A call centre in Belfast has announced it is to create 300 new jobs. The company, Gem, is searching for extra staff after it won four new contracts, including one with the online entertainment company Play.com.
Gem spokesman Dermot Walsh said the company had already started recruiting for the positions. News of the new jobs follows Gem's announcement last week of a new contract win with Channel 4. The company has also recently won two new contracts within the travel and online-dating sector.
Sources
2 October 2006: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Gem, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64205, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64205.
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