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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
480 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The British Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has announced plans to create 480 new jobs at sites in Coventry and London.
300 of these jobs will be located at Ansty Park and Walsgrave in Coventry, as part of a new technology hub. Further 180 jobs will be created in London. The roles are specialist IT support in digital design, coding and development as the supermarket looks to improve its in house capabilities.
It is not known when these positions will be filled, but a spokesperson for the company confirmed that recruitment has already started for designers, developers and testers.
Sources
31 March 2015: Coventry Telegraph
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Sainsbury's, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 79220, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79220.
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