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
370 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
HEROtsc - formely known as TSC - has announced that it is to reopen its call centre in Greenock following reaching an agreement with broadcaster Sky to provide support. 200 staff will be employed at the site and a further 170 will boost staff numbers at another site in Falkirk. The call center was closed earlier in the year after contractor T-Mobile moved operations overseas. The company has said that it is in the process of contacting former employees to offer them the opportunity to return to work for them.
Sources
13 October 2009: Greenock telegraph
13 October 2009: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2009), HEROtsc, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69716, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69716.
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