Vodafone to create 150 Notts jobs

Just days after it announced hundreds of job cuts at its Newbury headquarters, mobile phone giant Vodafone says it is creating 2,100 jobs across the country – including 150 in Newark.

The company is expanding existing customer service centres, with 800 jobs in Manchester, almost 150 in Newark, more than 150 in Stoke-on-Trent and around 100 in Glasgow.

Its third-party customer service partners will create another 600 jobs in Newcastle, nearly 200 roles in the west of Scotland, and 100 in Cardiff.

Vodafone says the move is part of a three-year, £2bn investment to improve the quality of services for its 18 million customers.

Vodafone UK chief executive Nick Jeffery said: “These new, skilled roles will make a real difference to our customers and a real difference to the communities that are the focus of our customer services investment.”

Vodafone employs around 12,500 people in the UK.