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The online electrical goods retailer AO.com is hiring 650 staff as it anticipates “significant growth” after a surge in home shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.
The company said it was recruiting for a variety of roles from software developers and a TikTok specialist to gas engineers, delivery drivers and a fridge recycling shift coordinator. The jobs are based in various locations, including Manchester, Bolton, Telford, Thatcham and Crewe.
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Wigan is to be taken out of the Greater Manchester-wide lockdown, meaning it will not be subject to any enhanced restrictions, the local MP has said.
James Grundy, MP for Leigh in Wigan — which went Tory for the first time in its 113-year history in December – said Matt Hancock had confirmed the news in a phone cal this morning.
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