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22 November 06 Store manager Charlie Burness will be presenting the £1000 donation on behalf of the ‘Tesco Charity Trust’ to teacher Mrs Kay Scott and children from Caithness Early Years Autism Centre, who will be guests of honour at the store launch to cut a ribbon and declare the new store officially open. Caithness Early Years Autism Centre, which opened in 2000, exists to provide the best possible day care and education for children with autism in the area with youngsters travelling as far away as Reay, Dunbeath and Canisbay. CEYAC works in partnership with families, carers, professionals and authorities to provide positive support and services for children with autism. Principal teacher at CEYAC, Pauline Pearson said: “This funding is a great boost to our centre. Fundraising and donations help to ensure our pupils continue to receive the best possible care and education. “We are very grateful for Tesco’s support and wish them every success with their brand new store.” Store manager Charlie Burness said: “It was a unanimous decision that this important community service was supported and we are delighted that the children from CEYAC have accepted our invitation to launch our store and are pleased that we have been able to make a donation to such a worthy cause”. This is just one of the many donations being made by individual Tesco stores to local schools, community programmes and charities across the UK. Other local community projects being supported by Charlie and his staff at Tesco Wick over the coming weeks will include, ‘The Pulteneytown Peoples Project’, ‘Wick Youth Club’ and ‘Wick Lifeboat’. Charlie continued: “Here at Tesco Wick we are hoping to become a strong force within our community and we hope our customers and indeed local people, will agree with our choices.” 22 November 06 The key handover signifies that the structural work to the new store is complete, the staff can start stocking the shelves, and local residents can begin the countdown to the opening day. The new store in North Road will create greater choice and range for shoppers in Wick and the surrounding areas and has created more than 200 new jobs for the area. The store is now in the final phase of completion and official launch date set for Monday 27th November. Charlie said, “With the Tesco freshness and quality guarantee and great convenience, we hope the new Tesco superstore will be a successful addition to the town of Wick. “We will strive to offer a good value for money store with great customer service for people living or working in the area who want a convenient place to shop, without having to travel all the way to Inverness for their weekly groceries.” The new Superstore means that customers will be able to stock up on their weekly shop with essential fresh and frozen foods, health and beauty, household items and entertainments such as DVD’s and CD’s. Charlie Burness has previously managed a Tesco store in Dundee and is finding his new role as leader of a brand new team very challenging and exciting. Charlie continues, “This is a fantastic opportunity to build a really strong and diverse team in the town and have the opportunity to create our own unique culture. We hope the residents Wick will be very happy with their new store. “There will be lots of exciting things taking place at the store over the coming weeks including visits from the children of ‘Caithness Early Years Autism Centre’ who will be officially launching the store and receiving a cheque from the ‘Tesco Charity Trust’ for £1000.
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The 50,000 sq ft store uses a range of green technologies such as solar and wind power. Barr Construction, Tesco's builder, said the vessel would reduce vehicle emissions and ease road congestion. The construction firm will design and build Tesco's first eco store, which will have a timber rather than steel structure and will be opened later this year. Rather than use 75 trucks to shift the floor tiles, roofing and timber the firm opted to use one ship which is due to arrive in Wick this week. Barclay Chalmers, Barr Construction's managing director, said: "This is the first time that we've used a ship to transport goods between two Scottish mainland sites and apart from being a slightly unorthodox way of doing so there are a number of obvious benefits associated with it. "Not only will it help to cut down on the number of man hours, it will reduce emissions and ease congestion on the roads. When we first started work on the new eco store, Tesco asked that we look at how we would transport any materials to and from Wick. The supermarket chain was keen that everything associated with the building of its first eco store had a 'green' aspect to it." Tesco said it recently unveiled a new strategy which includes cutting stores' energy usage and reducing deliveries to the chain's Express convenience stores, to help cut congestion. Stuart Hay, head of policy at Friends of the Earth, said that the transfer of materials by water in a large ship could be energy efficient. He told the BBC Scotland news website: "In terms of energy saving, it does appear to make sense. On the continent, they move a lot of goods and construction materials on barges on rivers such as the Rhine. However, we still have mixed views about the whole idea of Tesco being a green company when you consider the wider picture." |
22 November 06 On December 16th Wick Royal British Legion Scotland Pipe Band will be performing a selection of Christmas and popular favourites to entertain customers at the store. Readers should also check forthcoming editions of the Caithness Courier and John ‘O’ Groats Journal to see how they can win a share of £1000 worth of Tesco Gift Cards in our ‘Tesco Win Christmas’ competition! 22 November 06
Tesco Photo Gallery From The Start TESCO JOBS SUCCESS IN WICK Final work is underway on the brand new ‘eco friendly’ store in North Road, which has many new energy saving features and has been built with timber grown in sustainable forests in Finland. The 260 new jobs created cover everything from warehouse to checkout staff and the recruitment drive with assistance from Job Centre Plus has been hailed “a huge success”. Tesco Human Resources manager Linda Dow said, “We held three fantastically successful open days speaking to a total of 900 people. Representatives from Job Centre Plus were in attendance to assist people returning to work by offering tuition in the completion of application forms. “Everyone heard what its actually like to work at Tesco, and all vacancies were discussed. Day one was so successful with over 300 people attending that we had to organise two more days of interviews to ensure everyone was seen.” Tesco store manager Charlie Burness said, “We’ve had a fantastic response to our job offers with the quality of candidates being really high. “The arrival of our new Tesco superstore has come at a great time for Wick with the town undergoing regeneration and investment with the new positions created providing a massive jobs boost for the area” Charlie continued, “It’s great to see people taking up a career with Tesco. We offer a full training programme to support both full and part time workers and offer flexible working hours. We’re in the process of creating a dedicated team of staff, committed to ensuring customers enjoy their shopping trips. The store has brought a lot of jobs to the area and this will be a big benefit long term.” Charlie is finding his new role as leader of a brand new team challenging and exciting and hopes the residents of Wick will be very happy with their new store. “Everyone here is very excited about the opening of the store”, added Charlie. “We have something for all of the family – and everybody is welcome”. |
