Aldi is pushing forward with its huge recruitment drive across the North West, and you could earn up to £40k as a result.
Not only does the supermarket chain – which currently has over 920 stores and employs around 38,000 people right across the UK – have ambitious plans to open more than one new branch a week before 2021 is out, it’s also currently looking for a whole host of Assistant Store Managers and Store Assistants to join the team at stores across the region.
Assistant Store Managers can earn anywhere from £32,830 to £40,035 a year, depending on location and experience, and Store Assistants can earn up to £10.57 an hour.
According to job listings on the Aldi Careers website, the role of the Assistant Store Manager is: “Helping to run a multi-million-pound store, while motivating and developing a diverse and talented team.
“One day could find you supporting the Store Manager with sorting out deliveries, placing orders or dealing with customers queries. And the next, you might be focused on people management and performance or organising holiday rotas for the team.”
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Aldi currently employs around 38,000 people right across the UK / Credit: Twitter (@AldiCareersUK)
Assistant Store Managers need to be “an experienced people-manager, used to leading teams in fast-paced, customer driven environments, skilled in time management and boosting productivity and motivated to consistently achieve targets,” Aldi says.
If it’s the Store Assistant role you’re thinking of applying for, Aldi promises that “you’ll never find yourself bored and twiddling your thumbs on the till” as time will “fly by”.
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Here’s just some of the places in Greater Manchester where Aldi is currently recruiting:
Gorton
Hyde
Stockport
Denton
Rochdale
Bolton
Ashton-under-Lyne
Aldi has ambitious plans to open more than one new branch a week before 2021 is out / Credit: Aldi Careers UK
Speaking on the huge regional recruitment drive, Kelly Stokes – Recruitment Director at Aldi – said: “We always want to see that applicants have done their homework, as that shows how invested an individual is in joining the business.
“We are currently in an ambitious growth period and are constantly on the lookout for people who are hungry to learn more about us and our ways of working.
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“Candidates who put extra effort in when doing their research put themselves in a great position to start their application and their new career with Aldi.”
Secret Genius is a new competition series that sees adults from all walks of life go on an ‘incredible journey of self-discovery’ by competing in a set of immersive intelligence games, and the show‘s producers are currently in the process of casting a group of clever individuals who have what it takes to go all the way.
According to Mensa UK, hundreds of thousands of people may be going about their daily lives unaware of just how intelligent they actually are.
This may be someone who’s always found puzzles, following complex instructions or directions easier than those around them but never understood why, or someone who feels that their natural abilities were misunderstood or overlooked at school or in their working life.
Channel 4 is looking for ‘secret genius’ Mancs to take part in a new competition show / Credit: NCI (via Unsplash) | Freepik
It may be someone who feels their input is dismissed by people when it shouldn’t be, or maybe just someone who’s curious to find out more about their potential brain power.
If this sounds like you, applications for Secret Genius are now open and you could come face to face with the show’s famous presenter duo, Alan Carr and Susie Dent, as the put you and your fellow contestants to the test.
The selected participants will take part in a series of heats, and have the chance to progress to the finals where one lucky person will lift the Secret Genius trophy.
A casting call on the Channel 4 website reads: “Do you suspect that you have a brilliant mind but feel that your intelligence has been underestimated or misunderstood at home, at school or at work? Pass the word on. Maybe you have a friend, family member or colleague whose brainpower constantly amazes you – then give them a nudge to apply.”
Fancy it then? If you’d consider yourself to be a brainbox, then you can find the T&Cs and apply to take part in Secret Genius on the Channel 4 website here.
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Starmer: Burnham ‘free to stand’ after his term as Mayor as 50 MPs object to by-election block
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Sir Keir Starmer has said that Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham is more than welcome to run for Parliament after his present term as Mayor.
This comes after Burnham was reportedly ‘blocked’ from running for the currently vacant local seat in Gorton and Denton.
However, the Prime Minister insists the block was simply an attempt to protect the party, arguing that it would have diverted focus and resources away from other issues, whilst insisting that what Burnham does after his run as the region’s mayor is “a matter for Andy”.
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This is the letter Labour activists in Gorton and Denton are sending to Sir Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood
They are demanding the NEC reverses its decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in the by-election in their seat
As per The Telegraph, Starmer went on to add that he believes his former colleague (the PM worked under Burnham back in 2015) is doing “a first-class job” in local government.
The 56-year-old was first elected Mayor for Greater Manchester back in 2017 before winning re-election back in both 2021 and May of 2024.
His current tenure is set to end around the same time in 2028, but with many touting for the ‘King of the North’ as a potential leadership replacement ahead of the next general election – which must take place no later than 15 August 2029 – a prospective return to Parliament could be next on the cards.
Those who signed the letter going against Keir stated that he had “no legitimate reason” to prevent such a move against Burnham and said that Labour’s governing body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), should reassess and ultimately reconsider.
It remains to be seen whether the outcome will change either way.
The internal saga has sparked quite the debate
As for the Aintree-born politician, after already admitting that he was “disappointed” by the decision, he also rubbished suggestions that he knew about the move to block him prior to the event, calling the reports “completely untrue” and simply made no sense.
Following up in another post on social media, he shared the latest update from Downing Street itself, which reads: “No one in Number 10 told Andy Burnham not to apply to the NEC for permission to stand or gave any indication to him which sought to prejudge the NEC officers’ deliberation or decision.”
Once again, only time will tell whether or not the letter objecting to Burnham’s return to standing for a constituency or any other Parliamentary role will see any watershed.
Emily Sergeant -
16th September 2021 
