Glasgow is to benefit from a funding deal between Webhelp TSC and Scottish
Enterprise, through its international development arm Scottish
Development International.
A £1.5 million award, which helped convince the French-based
company to extend its operations in Scotland, will create 400 jobs
in all - 294 at the company's offices in the IFSD, Glasgow, 76 in
Larbert and 30 in Kilmarnock.
When recruitment is complete, it will bring the firm's total
employees in Scotland to almost 3,400.
The company's expansion is intended to meet growing international
demand for the services it provides from its existing contact
centres in Larbert, Greenock, Kilmarnock, Dunoon, Rothesay and
Glasgow. The Regional Selective Assistance award will be used to
acquire the additional equipment needed to support the new
roles.
Welcoming the announcement, First Minister Alex Salmond said: "400
new jobs across the central belt of Scotland is fantastic news. It
offers our young people enormous opportunities - Webhelp are keen
to target young people for many of these jobs, in the hope they
remain with the company for many years."
"Webhelp TSC's commitment provides further proof of the
attractiveness of Scotland's workforce to foreign investors."