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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
24 October 2013
Foreseen end date
30 June 2014
Description
Call centre, Eishtec, is to expand its employees by 250 to a total of 900 by mid-2014, after it secured a new contract to service UK customers.
The new contract is to service T-mobile customers in the UK.
As announced, the expansion is supported by Enterprise Ireland.
Sources
24 October 2013: The Irish Times
24 October 2013: Irish Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Eishtec, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 76059, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76059.
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