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| Comet staff offered Christmas jobs by Dixons | Comet staff offered Christmas jobs by Dixons |
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| The electrical chain Dixons is offering Christmas jobs to hundreds of Comet staff who face redundancy because their firm is insolvent. | The electrical chain Dixons is offering Christmas jobs to hundreds of Comet staff who face redundancy because their firm is insolvent. |
| Comet's administrators, appointed last week, are keeping its stores open in the hope of finding a buyer. | |
| But the outlook for the 7,000 staff is bleak and they all face potential redundancy. | But the outlook for the 7,000 staff is bleak and they all face potential redundancy. |
| Sebastian James, chief executive of Dixons Retail, said 500 Comet staff had already approached his firm. | Sebastian James, chief executive of Dixons Retail, said 500 Comet staff had already approached his firm. |
| "We are taking on a total of 3,000 people -2,000 in the stores," he told the BBC. | "We are taking on a total of 3,000 people -2,000 in the stores," he told the BBC. |
| "We have delayed our recruitment so that Comet colleagues who want to join our stores can get a chance to do so. | "We have delayed our recruitment so that Comet colleagues who want to join our stores can get a chance to do so. |
| "We are hoping we will get as many as possible of the Comet colleagues to join us," he added. | "We are hoping we will get as many as possible of the Comet colleagues to join us," he added. |
| Mr James explained that the Comet staff were attractive to Dixons because they already know about its business - which includes Currys and PC World - its customers, and the products it sells. | Mr James explained that the Comet staff were attractive to Dixons because they already know about its business - which includes Currys and PC World - its customers, and the products it sells. |
| However he said that Dixons would not be trying to buy any Comet stores from the administrators. | However he said that Dixons would not be trying to buy any Comet stores from the administrators. |
| "As we look across the country we are pretty much on all the same parks they are, so it doesn't really make sense for us to do that," he said. | "As we look across the country we are pretty much on all the same parks they are, so it doesn't really make sense for us to do that," he said. |
| Dixons has set up a website, dixonscareers.com, to organise the recruitment of the Comet staff, although it is open to any applicants. | Dixons has set up a website, dixonscareers.com, to organise the recruitment of the Comet staff, although it is open to any applicants. |