Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

3,500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
15 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2019

Description

Telecommunications Company BT Openreach has announced plans to create 3,500 new roles. The jobs, which are initially at trainee engineer level, will be in roles to support the expansion of the superfast broadband network and constitute the largest recruitment in the company's history. The jobs will be spread across the company's ten service delivery areas, with the London region being home to the largest number of new jobs at around 500. The new vacancies will be filled over the coming year.


Sources

  • 15 March 2018: The Independent
  • 15 March 2018: City AM
  • 15 March 2018: Company website

Citation

Eurofound (2018), BT Openreach, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 93788, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93788.