Clipper Logistics, the retail and distribution company based in Leeds, is to spend £15m on a new warehouse at Wynyard Business Park, Stockton, Teesside. The warehouse will be specially aimed at the meeting the needs of Asda’s for the distribution of their George brand of clothing. Between 400 and 500 job vacancies will be created…
Asda are nearing completion of their refurbishment of the former Co-op store at 25 Church Road, Tiptree, Essex. The supermarket is due to open on Monday, 28th November, 2011 and there will be 64 new job vacancies created. This is over and above the 40 posts being occupied by the Co-op employees who will be…
Asda have announced that they will be opening a new Asda Living store on the Queens Retail Park, Stafford, Staffordshire. Under the £2.5m project, there will be a 3,400 square metre store with a café which, together, will create 80 job vacancies. Asda have not yet given a date for the store’s opening however it will…
The Stobart Group have reapplied for planning permission to transform the former George clothing buildings at Magna Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, into a new warehouse and distribution centre. This is not the first time that Stobart has considered this project. Permission was granted several years ago for an identical scheme however permission has now lapsed therefore…
Asda are very much an ‘up and coming’ supermarket chain. For example, they recently took over the Netto chain as part of a £778m nationwide deal which instantly gave them 147 more stores. They then spent around £500,000 on each store refurbishing it and quadrupling the number of product lines on offer to the public….
Barnwood Job Fair is to take place between 3 pm and 6 pm on Friday, 11th November, 2011 in the Gloucestershire Deaf Association Headquarters in Barnwood, West Gloucester. Although all are welcome, those with disabilities are particularly encouraged to attend. Besides offering advice about all aspects of jobseeking and training, there will be a host…
Asda are hoping to build a new supermarket near the Broom Stewart Distillery on Carlisle Road, New Broomfield, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. The full details of the planning application along with public consultation dates should be announced shortly. The Airdrie Asda supermarket is expected to create around 300 job vacancies when it opens. More about Asda jobs.
Christmas jobs are on offer if you look for them. Despite the recession and all the thousands of redundancies there is, at least, some work on offer among the big retail companies. I know from my own days as a student, how glad I was to get a job delivering the extra Christmas post. The…
Asda have been overwhelmed with the interest in the 230 job vacancies at their new store on New Road, Forfar. So far 2,400 applications have been received by the supermarket chain and 40 jobs have been filled. In order to process the applications, Asda have established a recruitment centre on St James Road and they…
Asda are hoping to build a 2,600 square metre superstore at Kites Corner, Blandford Forum, Dorset. The supermarket would sit on land just south of the A350 bypass which goes around the northern edge of the town. It would also be adjacent to the Glenmore Business Park. When built, the store would have a cafe…
