Poundland is offering over 200 jobs to ex-Wilko employees after buying 71 Wilko stores last month.
Last month, Poundland bought up to 71 Wilko stores from administrator PwC following the collapse of the high street chain.No ex-Wilko employees were directly transferred to Poundland but the discount chain encouraged former employees to apply for the roles.
On Tuesday, Poundland said the number of job offers will increase “day by day”. More stores are set to open on October 7 in Melton Mowbray, Matlock, Chepstow, Nottingham, Worcester, Ellesmere Port, Brigg, Redruth, Ferndown and Pontypool.Austin Cooke, managing director of Poundland, said: "Our people make Poundland special and last week they did an amazing job to turn ex-Wilko stores into brand new Poundlands in just six days - the size and scale of what they've achieved has been nothing short of phenomenal. More stores are set to open on October 7 in Melton Mowbray, Matlock, Chepstow, Nottingham, Worcester, Ellesmere Port, Brigg, Redruth, Ferndown and Pontypool."But they worked hard because we meant what we said about moving quickly to create jobs for Wilko colleagues. "And that's why we'll pull out all the stops to repeat that feat and open another 10 stores this weekend. "I know from meeting our new colleagues from Wilko, how delighted they were to welcome customers old and new back to their store last weekend - and that's inspiring us to keep the pace up and bring the amazing value we promise to more high streets this Saturday."JLS 'original member' dies age 35 as Aston Merrygold shares heart-wrenching tributeFactory worker jailed after lacing hummus made for Nando's and The Ivy with rubber gloves and metal ring pulls Sadiq Khan hits back at 'xenophobic' comments from Tory rival suggesting Jewish people are frightened of him Ping pong Princess! Kate and William go head-to-head at table tennis on visit marking start of Black History MonthParents of US boy who killed four fellow students to face manslaughter trial'Not going to be forced into making decisions': Rishi Sunak refuses to clarify future of HS2 northern leg Thieves trying to steal '£3,000 of high-value goods from Tesco' thwarted by covert investigators on their lunch break 'Looks like I got my first kill': Chilling words of boy, 13, who admitted killing grandmother with her own carpay talksArmenia’s parliament votes to join International Criminal CourtNobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists analysing electrons in atoms’ before couple axedAndrew Marr: Could the Conservatives pull off a miracle and win another general election?Navy veteran deeply hurt by Jeremy Hunt's plans to clamp down on benefit claimants
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