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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 December 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Call centre operator Kura has signed a deal on a lease for office space at Atlantic Park, north Liverpool and will create 300 new jobs. Royal London Asset Management company has leased the Caspian House office space to Kura. Kura, which is based in Glasgow chose the site as its first development outside of Scotland due to it convenient location. It is understood that the site will open early in 2017, though no specific date has been given, and that the business is expanding to service a new contract which has been awarded to Kura by Scottish Power.
Sources
6 December 2016: Insider Media
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Kura, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89400, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89400.
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