Warwickshire’s 700 new jobs at Aldi HQ

Prime Minister David Cameron visited Aldi’s UK headquarters in Atherstone this week for the announcement of 35,000 new jobs across the country.

The move, which will double the size of the retailer’s UK workforce, will also see 700 more office staff employed at the company’s base in North Warwickshire.

Aldi intends to invest a total of £600m in its expansion and the group has also pledged to create at least one apprenticeship per new store.

The discount retailer has been increasing its market share and posted a big rise in pre-tax profits as they rose 65.2% to £260.9m for the year to 31 December 2013.

Aldi’s market share grew from 3.1% to 4% in 2013, according to Kantar Worldpanel, and is now 4.8% after a continued strong performance in 2014.