In total it is creating 400 jobs across the UK, including customer-facing roles and engineers. The company, which is subject to a £15bn takeover deal by US cable group Liberty Global, said the expansion was in response to growing consumer demand for superfast broadband and next-generation television.
In Manchester the group is taking on 40 customer-facing and 90 engineering roles. They will be based at its centre in Wythenshawe where it currently employs 1,500 staff. The group will also be recruiting in Swansea and Birmingham.
Paul Buttery, Virgin Media's chief customer and networks officer, said: "We're pleased we're able to invest further and offer so many more people the prospect of an exciting and rewarding career at the forefront of next-generation entertainment and communications.
"By creating hundreds of customer-facing roles we'll be able to meet the sustained appetite for TiVo, already the leading connected TV platform in the country, and superfast broadband alongside ensuring a great experience for all our customers. With this expansion Virgin Media will be even better able to support the Government's ambitions for the country. We're investing in the very communities we serve to ensure all our customers get the experience they expect from us as we power Britain's digital heartbeat."
Source: MEN
