Good news announcement today. Summerside received a major blow a while ago with the announcement by the former Resolve. This should help the city with replacing those lost jobs. I am really happy at this announcement.
Advantage Communications Expanding to Summerside
Summerside, PEI, April 28, 2010 -- An Island based contact centre is expanding to Summerside with plans to create up to 100 new jobs, says Hon. Allan Campbell, Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning.
"The Government of Prince Edward Island is pleased to see new jobs being created as a result of growth at a well established Island business," said Minister Campbell. "This opportunity will create an immediate impact in the area by providing stable employment for experienced workers in the contact centre industry."
Advantage Communications Inc. provides Customer Relationship Management solutions to clients across North America. Advantage has developed core expertise in Technical Support and Customer Care applications. The company is based in Charlottetown and has operations Souris, PEI, and Dieppe, New Brunswick. Advantage is now looking to Prince County for its next stage of growth.
"Our company is pleased to be establishing strong presence in the Summerside area," said Kent MacPhee, president and CEO of Advantage Communications. "We decided to expand in this area because of a well trained, experienced workforce. Employees available to us are second to none in terms of skill and work ethic. Advantage Communications is looking forward to becoming a member of the Summerside business community."
Advantage Communications is eligible to apply for labour rebate programs delivered by the Department of Innovation and Advanced Learning and Innovation PEI. The company will receive funding based on the number of jobs it creates.
"This expansion is a direct result of our Governments commitment to growing the Information Technology sector across our province," said Minister Campbell. "We look forward to continued growth with this company in the years ahead. This is fantastic news for the Summerside area and the entire province."
Advantage Communications has developed a strong client portfolio in the Customer Service, Internet Service Provider, Application Service Provider, Hardware, and Software industries. Recruiting is about to begin for the new office in Summerside.
Fore more information, please visit www.advantagecall.com.
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This is good news! Advantage is a pretty decent company.
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