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03

Apr 2023

Business
Business

23 ex-employees of failed Harrogate firm Amvoc join new office

Published: 3 Apr 2023, 17:42 BST

by Calvin Robinson

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Amvoc's former head office on Cardale Park in Harrogate.

A Brighton firm has hired 23 former staff members of failed Harrogate telemarketing firm Amvoc after setting up a new office.

The company, which was based at Cardale Park, entered administration on Friday after abruptly closing its offices last month citing “covid debts” as the cause.

Up to 450 people lost their jobs as a result of the move.

However, One Family, a financial firm based in Brighton, said today 23 former Amvoc staff had started work at its new call centre in Leeds on Monday.

One Family was a customer of Amvoc before it entered administration.

Matthew Ellis, sales and marketing director, said:

“We were saddened to hear of the closure of Amvoc, which is a company that we have worked with for three years.
“We were worried about the talented team who had been working so hard for us during that time. We wanted to help them and swiftly put plans in place - sending colleagues to Leeds to find new office space, meet the team, unpack kit and make the seemingly impossible possible. We set up a fully operational call centre in just eight days.
“It was a very quick turnaround, but I’m absolutely delighted to welcome our new Leeds team members to One Family.”





Read more:



  • Law firm to represent about 100 staff at failed Harrogate firm

  • Hundreds of job losses as Harrogate company goes under

  • Collapsed Harrogate firm Amvoc set to enter administration





The move comes as Leeds-based Lewis Business Recovery and Insolvency has taken over as administrators of Amvoc.

Director of the firm, Gareth Lewis, and Matthew Russell have been appointed joint administrators.

Law firm Atticus said in the days after Amvoc's collapse it has been contacted by 145 former employees.

The law firm says it is investigating the circumstances of the company’s collapse and concerns around how the redundancy process was managed, as well as whether ex-staff are eligible to claim for compensation.