Extract from Topical Question in the Welsh Assembly: Job Losses in Barclays in Cardiff - June 20
Thursday, 21 June 2018 07:53
Julie Morgan AM: What action will the Welsh Government take in
response to the loss of 203 jobs at the Barclays call centre in
Pontprennau, Cardiff? Ken Skates AM (Cabinet Secretary for
Economy and Transport): I...Request free
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: What action will the
Welsh Government take in response to the loss of
203 jobs at the Barclays call centre in
Pontprennau, Cardiff?
(Cabinet Secretary for Economy and
Transport): I thank Julie Morgan for her
question and say that it is very deeply
disappointing that Barclays have made this
decision. We will do all we can to assist workers
affected by this decision as a matter of urgency.
I'll be speaking with Barclays management on
Friday, and I met with union representatives this
morning.
: I thank the Cabinet Secretary
for that response. I'm sure he's aware that 170 jobs are
going to Northampton, and a small number of jobs are going
to India. But I think it's important to
make the point that these are not the first losses of jobs
in Cardiff, and in Cardiff North in particular, of
financial services jobs and call centre jobs, because we
fairly recently lost 1,100 jobs at Tesco, from Tesco
House. Last year, Barclays also closed its mortgage
centre in Llanishen. That was a loss of 180 jobs. There
have also been five bank branch closures by Barclays,
NatWest and HSBC within my constituency of Cardiff North.
So, that all adds up to 1,500 jobs lost in the last two
years in the financial and call centre industry.
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