SUPERMARKET group Morrisons today announced plans to create 1,000 jobs during the coming three years for homeless and vulnerable people.
The UK’s fourth largest food retailer aims to offer 10% of the jobs it creates at its new stores to vulnerable people.
The Bradford-based group, which is running the initiative in partnership with the Salvation Army and social enterprise Create, said it was in a period of growth and wanted to recruit new staff from all sections of the community.
It added that it believed that by investing in people who needed a “hand-up”, it would gain loyal and hard-working employees.
Norman Pickavance, group HR director for Morrisons, said: “We have a strong record of providing great careers for people through training and opportunities helping people to progress from the shop floor to the top floor of our business.
“We look forward to taking this approach nationally and we would encourage other British businesses to join us on this initiative.”
