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oundland has provided jobs to greater than 200 former Wilko employees because it continues to open shops purchased by directors for the collapsed retailer.
Last month, Poundland purchased as much as 71 Wilko shops from administrator PwC following the collapse of the excessive road chain.
All of the shops shall be relaunched underneath the Poundland model, with the primary 10 retailers reopening their doorways final weekend.
No employees have been immediately transferred to Poundland as a part of the rescue deal, however the low cost chain inspired former Wilko workers to use for roles and stated it might “prioritise” them for positions on the shops.
On Tuesday, Poundland stated it had made job presents to greater than 200 former Wilko workers, with that “number increasing day-by-day”.
It got here because the Pepco-owned enterprise revealed the following 10 former Wilko shops it should reopen underneath their model.
Rescued shops in Melton Mowbray, Matlock , Chepstow, Nottingham , Worcester , Ellesmere Port, Brigg, Redruth, Ferndown and Pontypool are to open on Saturday October 7.
Austin Cooke, managing director of Poundland, stated: “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.
“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.”
