Coffee chain giant Starbucks is looking to hire 400 new members of staff after the easing of lockdown restrictions brought customers back to its stores.
The US firm said it was planning to hire new staff across the UK in preparation for a busy summer period.
The new jobs will be available in almost 200 of the company's sites, including in city centres, high streets, and at its drive-thru locations.
Jobs will be created in a host of towns and cities, including Aberdeen, Cardiff, Coventry, Winchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Dundee, Birmingham, Derby and Newcastle.
Starbucks, which employs 3,664 people in the UK said it had not made any redundancies or take furlough support after the pandemic hit the UK. It added that the new jobs would fill "natural vacancies" where staff had chosen to leave the company and had not been replaced during the coronavirus crisis.
Alex Rayner, general manager at Starbucks UK, said: “It has been incredibly difficult to be a high-street retailer in the last year as the Covid-19 pandemic has placed operating restrictions on our business which have impacted our profitability dramatically.
“But our priority the entire time has been to keep our people employed, avoid making redundancies in our company-operated stores and be prepared to safely re-open as restrictions ease.
“That’s why I’m really pleased we are now in a position to rebuild our workforce by offering 400 jobs, as we are optimistic about the future of the business.”
