Asda to recruit 5,000 extra staff

Supermarket giant Asda is planning to add an extra 5,000 jobs to its workforce in 2012 as it embarks on a £500million expansion programme.

The firm said nearly half of the jobs it created last year had gone to young people, who are currently battling high unemployment, while 8,500 jobs went to people who had signed up through Job Centre Plus.

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