But supermarket giant claims no direct UK job losses…
By Andy McCue
Published: 7 January 2005 17:00 GMT
Tesco is set to move over 400 IT roles to India by the end of 2005 after officially opening its own service centre in Bangalore this week.
The offshore facility is captive - meaning it is fully owned and managed by Tesco rather than outsourced - and will handle software development and back-office financial business processes.
silicon.com revealed details of Tesco's offshoring plans back in July last year when the supermarket said a total of 420 UK jobs would be moved to India, with 90 IT jobs affected.
At the official opening of the centre Philip Clarke, Tesco's director for international operations, told Indian newspapers that 770 staff will be hired in Bangalore by the end of the year, with over 400 IT positions being "transitioned over".
Tesco would not rule out job losses as a result of the move but said all those in the UK affected would be offered alternative roles within the company.
Tesco is the UK's biggest supermarket chain and operates over 2,300 stores across 13 countries, employing more than 330,000 staff.
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