The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Yorkshire and the Humber; South Yorkshire; Sheffield
Location of affected unit(s)
Sheffield
Sector
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Communications company Plusnet has announced plans to create 200 new jobs in Sheffield. The jobs will be based in the company's headquarters where a new floor has been opened up especially to house these upcoming call centre jobs. The business already employs around 1,300 people in Leeds and Sheffield and has experienced rapid growth since it launched its mobile division in November 2016. Plusnet will use its own training facilities to provide the new recruits with the skills necessary to do the job. There is no information available as to when all the new jobs will be filled, though it is being reported that recruitment is already underway.
Sources
15 February 2018: The Star
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Plusnet, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93381, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93381.
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