Swiftcover to add 350 new jobs

Online motor insurer swiftcover.com is building a new multi-million pound operations centre in Stockton, Teesside, bringing an expected 350 extra jobs to the area over the next three years.

Construction of the 25,000 sq ft building at the Portrack Interchange Business Park starts immediately and the centre will be operational in January 2011. swiftcover.com already has an operations centre in Stockton, with the new development increasing the number of people employed in the area to more than 800.

The new centre will be home to an expanded customer help team and a brand new IT development department.

In addition to the swiftcover.com brand, the new Stockton premises will also provide operations support to AXA Direct.

Dave Fretter, swiftcover.com’s operations director, explains: “swiftcover.com has stayed loyal to Teesside, building on the success of our existing operation and fulfilling our commitment to staff to reward their efforts with our continued support.

"The local workforce is committed and ambitious, and we have supported this with investment in training and career development to maintain swiftcover.com’s high levels of customer service and staff retention.”

The development is being supported with a grant from One North East, the Regional Development Agency for Teesside.