[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[…]
[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[…]
[ad_1] By Staff The Canadian Press The Nova Scotia government says the sale of the shuttered ServiCom call centre in Cape Breton should be completed before the end of the year. When the call centre in Sydney was closed a week ago, almost 700 workers lost their jobs. READ MORE: Nova Scotia offers special government support[…]