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100 _aMcConnell, T.
245 _aSpecial report: call centres
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490 _aProperty Week
_v68(1/2) 9 January 2004, 53-56(4)
520 _aReports on the health of the UK call centre industry. With companies increasingly outsourcing business to India, the UK call centre sector is struggling. The threat to call centres also threatens government programme of regeneration and job creation. Government has stepped into help with plans to commission independent reseach into the UK's competitiveness globally. Article includes regional data on average staff per centre, call centre sizes call centre employment and a map of UK contact centre locations. Also lists a guide to some of the companies staying in the UK and going to India.
590 _aABS
650 _aCALL CENTRES
650 _aINDIA
650 _aEMPLOYMENT
650 _aJOB LOSSES
650 _aOUTSOURCING
650 _aECONOMIC DOWNTURN
650 _aSERVICE SECTOR
690 _aPROPERTY-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MARKET
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