Leading UK retailer Tesco is to create 700 jobs with the opening of two new supermarkets in Scotland.
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The group will spend £20m (US$31.1m) on building two new stores in Clydebank and Alexandria. According to a report in the Evening Times, managers at the new stores will aim to target the unemployed and offer them training courses to help them compete for new jobs. People who have problems reading and writing will be encouraged to apply.
In an area where long-term unemployment stands at around 10% – twice the national average – the store openings will be warmly welcomed. The chain launched a similar scheme in Springburn last year and employed 170 people who had been out of work for more than six months.
