Tesco 'to create 250 jobs' if Tolworth plans approved
Tesco would create 250 new jobs – of which a third would go to long-term unemployed people – if it was allowed to build a store in Tolworth, a company representative has claimed.
Nick Jones, from consultants GL Hearn, said the supermarket giant would work with Kingston JobCentre Plus to employ people out of work for more than six months as part of its “regeneration store” scheme. The company’s plans also include a hotel, three blocks of flats and parking space.
Just over a fifth of the flats, 53 in total, will be designated as affordable housing. Kingston Council has admitted the need for another food store in the area, he said.
Roberto Muñoz, Tesco’s London head of corporate affairs, addressed concerns about the supermarket’s potential effect on smaller shops. Mr Muñoz declined to reveal the supermarket’s projected turnover.
The development package would include an almost £1m levy for community infrastructure, which the council could spend on projects decided by neighbourhoods. The plans will come before councillors at next Friday’s development control committee meeting for final approval or rejection. The meeting will take place at 7.30pm at the Guildhall.
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