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East Midlands; Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; Derby
Location of affected unit(s)
Derby
Sector
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
11 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
11 June 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Digital communications company EE has announced the creation of 300 jobs. The jobs will be based at the Webhelp call centre in Derby which currently employs 1,200 people, mainly working for media company Sky. These new jobs will be created at Webhelp to handle various aspects of customer service calls on behalf of EE. Recruitment for these positions has already begun.
This latest round of job creation on behalf of EE continues the company's policy of locating more call centrre jobs in UK sites. Previous job creation in Northern Ireland occurred earlier in 2014.
Sources
11 June 2014: Derby Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Webhelp, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 77223, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77223.
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