Customer service outsourcer to create Glasgow jobs following new contract win

Kura, a customer service outsourcing business, has announced a new partnership with Scottish Friendly, creating new careers in Glasgow.

One of the oldest mutual life offices in the UK, Scottish Friendly provides a range of life, savings and investment products. Kura will work with the friendly society to provide “industry-leading” call centre outsourcing services to its customers, utilising its extensive expertise in the insurance and financial sector.

Brian Bannatyne, chief executive at Kura, commented: “We are delighted to be partnering with Scottish Friendly using our experience in the financial sector to deliver industry leading services to its customers.

“At Kura we do things differently from our competitors. Our unique culture and vision to be unrivalled in developing people has been key to securing this new partnership. We know that our people in Glasgow will deliver outstanding customer experience for Scottish Friendly.”

For more than 15 years, Kura has delivered unrivalled customer service outsourcing solutions for clients across the financial services industry. This new agreement will expand Kura’s portfolio of clients and further assert its excellent customer-centric approach.

Stephen McGee, CEO at Scottish Friendly, added: “Being in partnership with Kura supports our ambitions of providing a first-class, first point of contact service for our valued customers. We are really enthused to be working together.

“Kura, being a Glasgow based company like our own and with a proven track record of successful delivery in the financial services industry, helped make the partnership an easy decision to make. We look forward to working with the Kura team.”

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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