Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; South Western Scotland; Glasgow City
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Administrative Services
Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities
Activities Of Call Centres
82.2 - Activities of call centres

150 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
25 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Lanarkshire based call centre firm beCogent said it is to create 150 new jobs in its Glasgow call centre. The firm has three call centres sited in Airdrie, Kilmarnock and Erskine. The jobs are part of new work taken on by the firm which won four new contracts worth over £85m. The firm has also announced that new deals with existing customers will secure 1000 existing jobs.


Sources

  • 25 November 2009: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2009), beCogent, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69937, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69937.