Article: Building can 'make or break' a call centre

WHAT is it that attracts a call centre operator to one part of the country in preference to another?

A combination of quality of staff, availability of that staff and relatively low salary levels pertaining in the region, no doubt.

An actual building for the centre is probably some way down the list of priorities.

But while property accounts for well under 10 per cent of the lifetime cost of running a call centre, and is treated as secondary to the factors mentioned above, it can be a "make or break" consideration for the operator if the right building cannot be made available in time.

This is one of the key findings of GVA Grimley's Call Centre Review 1999, which draws on the experience and ...

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