{"id":62,"date":"2010-08-23T10:46:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T09:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=62"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:31:12","slug":"18-call-britannia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2010\/18-call-britannia\/","title":{"rendered":"18. Call Britannia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Karen Darby<br>\n<strong>Website:<\/strong> www.callbritannia.com<\/p>\n<p>Karen, who sold her last venture Simply Switch for &pound;22m, insists there&rsquo;s always got to be a social element to her businesses and it&rsquo;s most apparent in Call Britannia. The call centre offers temporary work and training opportunities to the long term unemployed, the over 50s, the disabled or those with a criminal record. Her aim is to create 10,000 jobs and eventually roll the concept out to become a network of call centres all over the country. 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