SYKES to expand Greenwood operations
August 6, 2009
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (”SYKES” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SYKE), a global leader in providing outsourced customer contact management solutions and services in the business process outsourcing (BPO) arena, announced today it is investing in expansion plans for its Greenwood call center operations. The expansion plans call for approximately 250 additional seats.
“We continue to see a demand for outsourcing, and the expansion of our Greenwood operations is a result of SYKES adapting to meet this demand,” said Andrea Burnett, SYKES Director of Corporate Communications. “Our partnership with the community of Greenwood has been very successful and we believe, as we work together on this expansion, we will bring the potential for more jobs to the people of Greenwood and the surrounding area.”
Since opening its doors in the Fall of 2008, SYKES has brought more than 400 jobs to the Greenwood area. This translates to approximately $4.4 million in payroll, and does not include the economic impact the Company has brought to the local community and its businesses through operating expenses such as taxes, construction costs of facility maintenance and expansion, office supplies, etc.
“The relationship between SYKES and the Greenwood Mall has been very successful and demonstrates the creative solutions that can be developed when all parties work together,” said Mark Warner, Interim Executive Director at Greenwood Partnership Alliance. “We appreciate the hard work from everyone who helped make this expansion a reality, including Greenwood County Council, the Upper Savannah Council of Governments, Piedmont Technical College and Hull Storey Gibson Companies.”
Self Regional cancer center to be expanded
August 5, 2009
By CHRIS TRAINOR /ctrainor@indexjournal.com
On July 21, Greenwood County Council passed second reading on the authorization of $80 million in auction rate hospital facilities revenue bonds on behalf of Self Regional Healthcare.
On Tuesday night, Self Regional president Jim Pfeiffer appeared before council to talk about what a portion of that money will be used for: the expansion of the hospital’s cancer center.
Pfeiffer discussed the proposed $80 million bond issuance, which requires no tax dollars or liability on the county’s part.
“The money that we are going to use from the bond proceeds will be used to expand our cancer center,” Pfeiffer said. “That’s a $23 million project that we are going to be undertaking as a result of these bonds. We have also done work with three new operating rooms. That was about a $7 million project that we are going to use proceeds from this bond to pay ourselves back for, because we used cash for that.
“We will also use it in our radiology department. With the expansion and renovations to our radiology department that have occurred over the last year, the money from these bonds will be used for that.”
Pfeiffer said the cancer center will be “state of the art,” and said he is “extremely excited” about the project.
Kathy McKinney, of Haynesworth, Sinkler and Boyd, said $50 million of the bonds will be used for the above projects and several others described by Pfeiffer. The remaining amount would refund the 2004 “B” bond, if warranted by market conditions.
Third reading on the hospital bond issue will be heard at council’s Aug. 18 meeting.
