A global security firm has pledged to create 1,000 jobs in the North East after choosing a business park in the region for its new site.
Verisure, which is Europe’s largest burglar alarm provider, has signed up for offices at the Quorum Business Park, on North Tyneside, and is advertising roles in its marketing and operations teams.
The company, which is investing £3m in the move, expects to have 100 people in place this year, but says that will grow to around 1,000 with roles in customer service, technical support, field operations, training, IT, telesales, HR and finance.
Verisure has signed an 11-year lease at the 104,000 sq ft Neon Building, and will be offering some of the jobs available to existing staff at its site in Brentford, west London.
But it is that thought most of the jobs will be taken by people from the North East.
Verisure managing director, Gabino Sanchez, said: “We have chosen North Tyneside as the ideal location for our new site after deep analysis of more than 15 of the 海角视频’s larger urban areas. It stood out for many reasons including the friendliness of the people, the incredible quality of life and the high standard of education.
“We have been tremendously encouraged by the expert guidance, support and enthusiasm of Invest North East England, who we were first introduced to in 2018 and greatly assisted with information and the coordination of a number of insightful visits to the region.
“Likewise, North Tyneside Council and the North of Tyne Combined Authority were a hugely positive influence on us and convinced us that North Tyneside was the perfect location from which Verisure can meet its very ambitious growth targets.
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“This is a very exciting time for Verisure 海角视频. Our growth and our success has moved us forward towards expansion. We are well on our way to achieving our ambition to be the largest provider of monitored alarms in the 海角视频.
“Our success is due to many factors and a large part of that is the contribution of our employees. This new facility will give us the room to reach our goals while ensuring we continue to provide a best-in-class service to our growing customer base.”
The jobs announcement has been welcomed by North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll and North Tyneside mayor Norma Redfearn.
Mr Driscoll said: “I’m here to help create good, permanent jobs for the North of Tyne region and this is a cracking start. I met with the directors of Verisure and I could tell they were impressed with everything we had to offer.
“I was impressed by their commitment to being good employers. Verisure is the first of many companies we’re bringing to the area and I’m looking forward to working with them over the long-term.”
Mrs Redfearn added: “I am absolutely delighted to welcome Verisure to North Tyneside. This is yet more fantastic news for the borough and the local economy and is another sign of commitment to keeping North Tyneside a great place to live, work and visit.”
The Neon building was first unveiled 18 months ago, with contemporary extras which included table tennis, a pool table and retro arcade games to attract potential employers.
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The deal for Verisure to set up there follows the multimillion-pound sale of Quorum Business Park to investment group Shelborn last year.
Guy Currey, director of Invest North East England, worked to attract Verisure to the region.
He said: “It has been an absolute pleasure supporting Verisure with its expansion project. From our initial conversation back in 2018, we have worked very closely with the team to convince them that the North East has everything they need in place to be successful.
“We faced stiff competition from other locations in the 海角视频 and we’re delighted Verisure has committed to growing here and creating up to 1,000 jobs in our fantastic region.”