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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
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Barclays bank has announced that it is to create 300 new jobs at its contact centre in Liverpool. The new roles follow a GBP 15 million (€19.7 million) investment in customer service. Some of the new roles are in the company's new video banking service, which allows customers to speak face-to-face with advisers via computer or smartphone. The roles will be filled by internal promotion as well as by bringing in new staff. The timescale for the new jobs has not been reported.
Sources
20 January 2016: Liverpool Echo
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Barclays, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 86252, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86252.
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