Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

400 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
24 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

BT has announced plans to create 400 engineering jobs.  

BTOpenreach said that it anticipated that most new recruits would be ex-armed forces personnel.

The company has recruited almost 1,700 new engineers since March 2011 taking the total now employed to over 3,500.

The timeline for the expansion plans is not yet available. 


Sources

  • 24 August 2012: Manchester Evening News

Citation

Eurofound (2012), BT, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73612.