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09/12/2009
Jobs Boost For Waterford
Telecoms company Talk Talk have announced plans recruit an additional 60 staff at its customer service and sales centre in Waterford.
The company already employs 700 people at the centre, which was established outside Waterford city in 1998.
It is understood that 50 of the new posts will be full-time and ten will be part-time.
The centre manages all contact for Talk Talk's customers across the UK.
The announcement is good news for Waterford, which has has been hit with hundreds of jobs losses this year.
There have been jobs losses at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Stanley, ABB Transformers and Bausch and Lomb this year.
(KMcA/BMcc)
The company already employs 700 people at the centre, which was established outside Waterford city in 1998.
It is understood that 50 of the new posts will be full-time and ten will be part-time.
The centre manages all contact for Talk Talk's customers across the UK.
The announcement is good news for Waterford, which has has been hit with hundreds of jobs losses this year.
There have been jobs losses at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Waterford Crystal, Waterford Stanley, ABB Transformers and Bausch and Lomb this year.
(KMcA/BMcc)
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Coffey Urges IDA To Deliver Jobs In Waterford
Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has urged the IDA to deliver on investment and jobs in Waterford. Deputy Coffey was speaking after the IDA’s South East Regional Manager said that site visits to Waterford and the south east this year by prospective investorshave surpassed those carried out during all of 2011.
Coffey Urges IDA To Deliver Jobs In Waterford
Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has urged the IDA to deliver on investment and jobs in Waterford. Deputy Coffey was speaking after the IDA’s South East Regional Manager said that site visits to Waterford and the south east this year by prospective investorshave surpassed those carried out during all of 2011.
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