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East Midlands; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Wellingborough
Sector
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Vizion Network, the Hull based car repair company, has announced that it is to create 100 jobs at its site in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The expansion follows the takeover of the former NFU Mutual call centre; 42 jobs have been transferred from NFU in addition to the plans to create 100 jobs by the end of 2017. A spokesperson for Vizion confirmed that Hull would remain the primary call centre; the expansion in capacity is required following deals which Vizion has struck with several insurers resulting in a threefold increase in the number of claims processed between 2014 and 2016. Recruitment for the new positions has already started with the jobs expected to be filled gradually throughout 2017.
Sources
30 January 2017: BDaily
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Vizion Network, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90190, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90190.
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