Ten of the biggest Christmas employers

With a little over a month to go until Christmas, companies are drafting in extra staff to deal with what they hope will be a surge in business. Here are some of the biggest Christmas employers and the number of additional staff they are hiring to see them through the festive period:

1 Royal Mail 19,000

2 Sainsbury’s 15,000

3 Amazon 13,000

4 Marks & Spencer 12,000

5 Tesco 10.000

6= Argos 9,000

6= Debenhams 9,000

8 Boots 7,000

9 Yodel 5,000

10 Dixons 3,000

Source: Adzuna

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