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HOLD THE LINE FOR NEWS OF HUGE DEAL WORTH £10M AYEAR CITY CALL CENTRE SET TO REVEAL CONTRACT WITH LEADING UK FIRM By Phil Winter philip.winter@reachplc.com
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Milestone for turbine blade team RENEWABLES: Siemens Gamesa staff posed for an eye-catching photo after the renewables heavyweight celebrated its 500th wind turbine blade to come out of the factory in Hull. It has been almost two years since the factory in Alexandra Dock opened in the city in December 2016. In that time, an impressive 500 turbine blades have been manufactured. Anton Bak, plant director at Siemens Gamesa, posted on Linkedin: “I’m delighted to announce that last week we reached the great milestone of producing 500 blades at the Hull Blade Factory. “This is an amazing achievement and something the factory can be super proud of. “The whole factory has made this possible over the past two years, showing great team work and dedication.” Siemens Gamesa last month announced 100 jobs were being created in Hull, as pre-assembly work at the world’s biggest wind farm took centre stage. Work began on the Hornsea One wind project back in January when the first 65m structure was installed by energy giant Ørsted, formerly known as Dong Energy.
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HULL call centre giant Res Q is poised to announce a deal with “one of the UK’s largest listed companies,” worth up to £10m a year for the business. The company, which also has a base in Seaham, County Durham, revealed in recently filed accounts that the new tender is expected to go live this month. It comes on the back of a difficult 2017 for Res Q, as the loss of a long-standing customer saw profits and turnover slip at the call centre specialist. In recently filled accounts, director Nic Marshall said: “The result for the year reflects the loss of a long-standing customer at the start of the year, who, having undertaken a strategic review of their business decided to withdraw from a sector the company supported on their behalf. “The loss of this high-margin business accounted for the majority of the downturn in the financial performance, as excluding this lost business, turnover grew by 7 per cent year-on-year. “The business has continued to develop its offer in order to position itself to take advantage of the changes taking place in
Nic Marshall, director of ResQ
Staff at Siemans Gamesa mark the achievement