A Teesside call centre is to create more than 60 jobs in the next year.

The OC5 contact centre, formerly the Enron Teesside Operations Limited contact centre, at the Wilton International site, now has 127 employees, compared with 50 when it was launched more than a year ago.

General manager Ian Tulloch said the company, which manages a major contract for Centrica, formerly British Gas, hoped to grow by a further 50 per cent over the next 12 months.

"We've got a great team with a lot to offer and we're now in a position to outsource our contact centre expertise to other companies," he said.

The centre's name change was marked with a ceremony at the site, attended by Peter Middleton, chairman of the Tees Valley Urban Regeneration Company.

He said: "To create so many high quality jobs in such a short space of time is a marvellous achievement."

A recruitment drive will be launched shortly.