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Scotland; South Western Scotland; South Lanarkshire
Location of affected unit(s)
East Kilbride
Sector
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
470 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Call centre operator AGO Outsourcing has announced plans to create 470 new jobs at its site in East Kilbride, just south of Glasgow. The jobs are part of a GBP 40 million (€44.8 million) five year investment plan, which has supported the installation of new technology. The jobs will be added in two stages, with 90 jobs created in the sales division from the end of July 2017, and then a further 380 jobs in customer service, financial service and social media which will be created in early 2018.
Sources
18 July 2017: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2017), AGO Outsourcing, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 91545, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91545.
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