Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South East; Berkshire; Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Banbury
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

400 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 October 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011

Description

Telecommunication giant Vodafone has announced plans to close its Banbury customer relations centre in 2011 resulting in the loss of 400 jobs. The closure is part of company efforts to improve efficiency. A spokeswoman said the Banbury centre had many little teams carrying out different tasks, but that Vodafone wanted "bigger, more specialist teams". 200 of the posts will move to other Vodafone sites at Newark in Nottinghamshire, Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire and Didsbury, Manchester.


Sources

  • 5 October 2010: BBC

Citation

Eurofound (2010), Vodafone, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71026, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71026.