North Lanarkshire Council’s leader has hailed the news that a call centre is creating hundreds of new jobs in Motherwell.
The council has welcomed the news that customer services outsource company, Ascensos is expanding its base in the North Lanarkshire town with an additional 18,000sq ft office space, creating 300 jobs for the area.
The Motherwell company has been hugely successful in the customer service field and the new premises will sit adjacent to Ascensos’s existing site in Airbles Road and completes the creation of the Motherwell headquarters campus.
Council leader Jim Logue told Lanarkshire Live : “This is fantastic news for Ascensos and for North Lanarkshire’s locally economy and further cements the firm’s base in its hometown headquarters of Motherwell.
“Ascensos has grown from strength to strength and it’s wonderful to watch a local business accelerate its growth internationally and become a market leader in customer service.
“By expanding locally, Ascensos is helping to create jobs for local people, increasing the local workforce skills-base and investing in the local economy putting North Lanarkshire firmly on the map as the best place for business.”
Acensos currently employs over 3000 across its network spanning the UK, Romania, Turkey and South Africa.
John Devlin, chief executive and co-founder of Ascensos, said: “Motherwell is where we first started Ascensos back in 2013 and since then we’ve expanded considerably and opened a range of offices around the world.
“Throughout this continued growth, our headquarters have always remained in Motherwell, so it feels really special to be in a position to grow our premises further with this additional space.
“The new site will create around 300 jobs and we’re delighted to boost the local economy in this way, particularly as so many are still feeling the negative economic impact of the pandemic.”
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