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.
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 April 2007
Employment effect (start)
24 April 2007
Foreseen end date
Description
Garlands Call Centres, a call centre firm in Teeside, will create 300 new jobs after securing a major new contract. The firm employs 3,000 people in Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Stockton. The majority of the new positions will be administrative roles, based at Stockton's Preston Farm. There will also be a number of customer service, technical and managerial vacancies at the other sites, according to chief executive Chey Garland. Recruitment for the new positions, which are both full and part-time, is already under way.
Sources
24 April 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Garlands, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65286, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65286.
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