BT opens new call centre in Dudley

BT today confirmed it is opening a new call centre in the Black Country with the creation of 450 new jobs.

It will be based at the new £75 million All Saints office complex in West Bromwich, set to open in Autumn 2011. Sandwell councillors and BT representatives were due to meet at the site to discuss the news today.

Councillor Darren Cooper, leader of Sandwell Council, said: “We welcome BT’s decision to open their new call centre here in Sandwell.”

Neil Rogers, president of BT Global Services for government and health, said: “We will be working with the local authority  to ensure as many of the new posts as possible are filled by Sandwell people.”