Manchester United are reportedly eyeing a move for young Benfica midfielder Joao Neves next summer.
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Tesco has announced plans to introduce a major change to hundreds of Express stores and petrol station kiosks.
In an attempt to protect colleagues from assault, the major supermarket chain will install new protective screens made of toughened glass. It comes after the chain already rolled out body cameras across stores to discourage violent behaviour towards staff.
Figures from the British Retail Consortium found that there has been a rise in retail crime, with violence and abuse towards retail workers doubling in the past four years. The new screens, which have already been installed at more than 110 sites, will fully enclose the colleague side of a Tesco till and stand above head height
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Tesco UK CEO Jason Tarry said: “The rise in retail crime has been widely talked about in recent weeks, but the most troubling aspect is the surge in assaults and abuse we have seen against our colleagues in stores. This is something impacting the whole retail industry, and something too many of my colleagues have had to endure first-hand, with incidents of violence against our colleagues up by a third year-on-year.
“The safety of our colleagues is our number one priority. That is why we have rolled out a number of measures, including these screens, to help protect our colleagues from the small minority of people who would do them harm, and offer them additional peace of mind when they come into work each day.”
The screens are planned to be rolled out to more than 250 additional stores as part of a multi-million-pound investment from the
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