Cape Breton call centre gets $2.4-million payroll rebate to hire 270 workers – Halifax

Cape Breton call centre gets $2.4-million payroll rebate to hire 270 workers – Halifax

in Feb 04, 2019

[ad_1] A Cape Breton call centre that was recently given new life by an Iowa-based businessman is in line for a $2.4-million payroll rebate from the province if it creates another 270 jobs over three years, bringing the total workforce to 750. Under an agreement with Nova Scotia’s arms length business agency, NSBI, Sydney Call[…]

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How an American businessman saved hundreds of jobs in Cape Breton

How an American businessman saved hundreds of jobs in Cape Breton

in Dec 23, 2018

[ad_1] His message to laid off Cape Breton call centre workers is straightforward. But the Iowa-based businessman’s words resonate like gospel in this hardscrabble region plunged into economic uncertainty earlier this month. “Things are going to stay the same or get better,” says Anthony Marlowe, a self-made telecommunications mogul who himself started as a telemarketer[…]

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