BGL Group, a financial services company in charge of many well-known brands, will soon launch a £3m technology hub in Sunderland. This will create 40 jobs. 

 

Currently there are more than 700 people employed at BGL in Sunderland. The company is responsible for such well-known brands as comparethemarket.com. The new employees will be a mixture of software engineers, software quality engineers and business analysts, and BGL Group hopes to have the first 20 of them in place by June. 

 

The company’s office at St Catherine Court will be refitted in order to allow the new incoming 40 staff members to work effectively with their colleagues in Sunderland and Peterborough. 

 

Steven Woodford, BGL’s chief technology officer for insurance, distribution and outsourcing, said: "BGL has a long track record of investing in Sunderland via our award-winning contact centre, which has been a key local employer for many years.

 

"We’re very excited now to be expanding that investment into securing new talent with the digital and software engineering skills which will help us drive the future of our business."

 

Cllr Graeme Miller, leader of Sunderland City Council, added: "This is great news for Sunderland and for its thriving digital and knowledge economies.

 

"It’s a further vote of confidence in the city from BGL which already employs many hundreds of people in Sunderland. This new investment in a tech hub will create highly skilled technology jobs to boost the city’s software and digital strengths."

 

Source: Insider Media North East

 

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