Newcastle Building Society employment opportunities
18 March 2008
Colin Seccombe, Chief Executive at Newcastle Building Society, says: “North East England is home to a highly skilled workforce in the financial services sector, and we support the ONE NorthEast-led employment task force to help find new jobs for as many former Northern Rock staff as possible.

“Despite market turbulence in the second half of last year, our own workforce grew by around 20 per cent in 2007, and we anticipate creating at least 500 additional jobs by 2012. This will be through the managed growth that we are experiencing across all parts of our organisation, and in particular Newcastle Strategic Solutions.

“We are currently actively recruiting for a wide range of roles that could present an opportunity to some Northern Rock staff that may choose to take up redundancy offers. We plan to maintain steady growth and currently have around 50 vacancies, with further vacancies planned as this growth is realised.

“The Newcastle’s longevity and success is based upon our commitment to mutuality and an innovative approach to both our traditional member-based savings and lending activity, and our fast-growing Strategic Solutions business. We are highly confident that we will continue to be both a successful company and a significant regional employer long into the future.”

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