U K
B U S I N E S S
P A R K
home page

The information below comes from the UK Activity Report.
Click here for further details

Garlands Garlands is planning to create a further 3,000 jobs over the next three years, including vacancies in South Shields and new call centres outside the North East. 03-Jan-2008 Garlands is to set up a new 47,000 sq ft call centre in South Shields by February 2008, with the creation of up to 800 jobs. 18-Jul-2007 Garlands has announced plans to create a further 320 jobs at its call centres in Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Stockton, taking the total Teesside workforce to about 3,500. 24-Apr-2007 Garlands is to create 80 jobs at its call centre in Middlesbrough, having won a new customer service contract from discount airline Easyjet. 06-Oct-2006 Garlands is creating an additional 150 jobs at call centres in Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Stockton, with a new building opening at the Contact Centre Village in Stockton. 15-Feb-2006 Garlands is to create up to 90 new jobs at its call centre in Hartlepool by mid-2006, having won a contract to provide customer services for the Dot student mobile phone service. 05-Oct-2005 Garlands is creating a further 70 jobs at its call centre in Hartlepool, taking the workforce to 1,400. 15-Jul-2005 Garlands has announced plans to set up a multi-million pound travel industry call centre complex at Preston Farm in Stockton, with four buildings each holding up to 250 staff. 26-Nov-2004 Garlands is to create a further 150 jobs at its call centre in Middlesbrough, taking the workforce to 1,550. 28-Oct-2004 Garlands is planning to recruit a further 250 staff at its call centre in Middlesbrough by the end of July. 23-Jun-2004 Garlands has won permission to set up a four-storey office block in Hartlepool by September, in order to house up to 250 of its call centre staff. 28-May-2004 Garlands is to recruit 200 staff for a new call centre at the Centre North East office block in Middlesbrough, having won a new contract from an internet service provider. 24-Dec-2002 Garlands is recruiting a further 100 staff at its outsourcing call centre in Hartlepool, and plans to open a third Teesside centre in the coming months which will employ 500 staff within three years. 05-Oct-2001 Garlands is to create a further 400 jobs at its call centre in Hartlepool, having won two new contracts from companies sub-contracting out their customer service departments. 22-Nov-2000 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008