27/04/2015

400 News Jobs Announced In Scotland

Four hundred new jobs have been announced in East Ayrshire and Argyll.

The jobs are being created by call centre specialist Webhelp UK, which will see its workforce in Kilmarnock and Dunoon double.

Recruitment is underway and the jobs are hoped to be filled in the next few months.

Head of recruitment Allison Hill said: "We want Webhelp UK to be an employer of choice that the best people want to join and stay with us for years to come."

(MH/CD)

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