Prince George, B.C. – Before the year is out, another 90 jobs in Prince George will be lost.

Call centre, “Synovate” is planning to shut its doors by mid December, throwing some 90 employees out of work.

This brings to three the number of call centres which have opened, and closed in Prince George. The first was LiveBridge on 2^nd Avenue. The space it occupied has since been filled by ACS which offers customer service. OSI Recovery Solutions moved into the 3^rd Avenue half of the old Kressge building on Third, while Synovate was set up in the portion which backed on to 4^th Avenue. OSI closed its doors a little over a year ago.

Although the head office is not yet stating any full reason for the closure, the fact the Canadian dollar is so close to the U.S. dollar would make the operation on this side of the border a little less profitable than it had been. The Chicago office also indicates the company is no longer growing North American operations.

The employees,  have all been given 20 weeks notice of the closure. Mayor Colin Kinsley is disappointed in the company’s decision “Certainly this is not good news”.