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Tesco will create 16,000 new permanent jobs after lockdown led to "exceptional growth" in its online business. The new posts will include 10,000 staff to pick customer orders from shelves and 3,000 delivery drivers. The recruitment drive reflects the shift to online shopping, which was accelerated by lockdown. Tesco said it expected many of the roles to go to staff who joined them on a temporary basis at the start of the pandemic. Supermarkets scrambled to meet a surge in demand for online deliveries while the UK was in lockdown. Tesco said online customer numbers had risen from around 600,000 at the start of the pandemic, to nearly 1.5 million.
Virgin Atlantic today revealed that it would give every passenger complimentary COVID-19 cover. The insurance policy will cover up to £500,000 ($655,777) in emergency medical costs and related expenses. It follows a similar move from Emirates earlier this year. The cover is currently valid on trips up until March 31st and applies to medical expenses and related accommodation, transport, and repatriation expenses. All passengers will be covered during their trip for no extra fee, including those only flying one way. For passengers with a return trip, they will be covered from the point of booking and ends when the passenger returns home or to a hospital in their home country.
Pearson has appointed Andy Bird, the former chairman of Walt Disney’s international operations, as chief executive. The education company, which has been dragged into the coronavirus UK exams grading fiasco, said Bird would start on 19 October.
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