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500 call centre jobs bound for UK

Europe gets a look-in too

Some 500 jobs are to be created in the UK by the end of the year as ClientLogic Corporation expands its call centre operation as part of a Europe-wide expansion plan to meet increased demand.

The jobs are to be created in its contact centres in Newcastle, Watford and Derby taking ClientLogic's total UK workforce to 3,600.

As well as the new jobs in the UK, ClientLogic is creating 300 jobs in France, 500 in Germany and 200 in The Netherlands. The call centre operation is also opening its first centre in Morocco with the creation of 500 jobs.

ClientLogic - an international business process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the contact centre and fulfilment industry and a subsidiary of Canada's Onex Corporation - provides services and stuff for a rack of companies including Sony, Gateway and BT. ®

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