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17/08/2001
BT scrap jobs plan for Derry Call Centre
Plans by BT to create 400 jobs in Londonderry have been abandoned, after the company announced it was scaling back on proposals for a major call centre in the city.
The Queen's Quay call centre project which currently employs a total 250 people was expected to create up to 650 jobs. The company said that it had already completed phase one and two of the project, but the third phase would now not go ahead.
On Friday, a spokesperson for BT said the decision had been taken because of economic downturn in the telecoms and IT sector around the world.
BT made plans for the next phase of the internal call centre operation in Derry public in October 1999.
In a statement on Friday August 17, Chief Executive Hanif Lalani said that global conditions had changed dramatically over the past 18 months.
He said that telecoms, software and information technology were facing a global slowdown and no company had remained immune to its effects.
Mr Lalani said that BT was deeply committed to the city of Derry and to Northern Ireland and said that the decision was “disappointing”.
He said that BT would work closely with all city and government agencies to attract call centre and other development to the area. (AMcE)
The Queen's Quay call centre project which currently employs a total 250 people was expected to create up to 650 jobs. The company said that it had already completed phase one and two of the project, but the third phase would now not go ahead.
On Friday, a spokesperson for BT said the decision had been taken because of economic downturn in the telecoms and IT sector around the world.
BT made plans for the next phase of the internal call centre operation in Derry public in October 1999.
In a statement on Friday August 17, Chief Executive Hanif Lalani said that global conditions had changed dramatically over the past 18 months.
He said that telecoms, software and information technology were facing a global slowdown and no company had remained immune to its effects.
Mr Lalani said that BT was deeply committed to the city of Derry and to Northern Ireland and said that the decision was “disappointing”.
He said that BT would work closely with all city and government agencies to attract call centre and other development to the area. (AMcE)
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