Supermarket group Tesco has said it will create 16,000 new permanent roles in the UK to support the growth in its online business.
The roles are on top of the 4,000 permanent positions already created since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
Some 10,000 pickers will be sought to assemble customer orders, and the chain is looking to recruit 3000 drivers. Other roles will be in stores and distribution centres.
Tesco, which currently employs around 300,000 people in the UK and Ireland, said it expects the majority of the roles to be filled by staff who joined on a temporary basis at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but who now want to stay with the business permanently.
The retailer serves close to 1.5 million customers a week online, up from around 600,000 at the start of the pandemic.
In the first quarter to May 30 Tesco delivered 12.6 million orders.
Tesco said as the online business continues to grow, the number of new roles may increase further in the coming months.
