Discount retailer Poundworld are to create 1,800 jobs filling the gap left by the closure of Woolworths.
In addition, Poundworld, who sell 1000’s of products from tinned soup to branded washing liquid for a £1 or less, plans to open a further 40 stores over the next 12 months after a 42% rise in sales to £132.9 million in the year to March.
Poundworld’s expansion plans follow moves by larger rival Poundland to expand into the eurozone, starting with debt-ridden Ireland.
Poundworld opened 29 stores in the last financial year and has opened a further 27 stores since the start of April, taking staff numbers to 2,850.
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