M11234567A52A52A38A38A610A60LangleyMillThe benefits to Langley Milln An investment of £25 million and a store employing up to 370 people in Langley Mill.n Langley Mill currently loses 90% of its shopping expenditure to other retail destinations, including Tesco in Heanor and Morrisons in Eastwood. The new ASDA store will provide greater shopping choice for local people.n There has been little investment in Langley Mill or any sign of future investment. The ASDA development would greatly improve the site while winning back much of the trade currently lost to other centres. Through greater footfall, this would present notable 'spin-off' benefits to existing Langley Mill traders, giving a substantial boost to the local economy overall.n ASDA is the UK's best value supermarket and we would like to bring the benefits of ASDA's award winning low prices to Langley Mill, especially in the current economic climate when domestic budgets are under increasing strain. The plan below shows that there are currently no ASDA stores within a twenty minute drive of Langley Mill.n The Langley Mill and Aldercar ward suffers from higher unemployment than the national average, and higher also than Heanor, the wider Amber Valley and Derbyshire overall. The new jobs created would result in millions of pounds circulating in the area. n In both employment and shopping terms, ASDA's proposed investment would bring huge economic and lifestyle benefits to the local community.1  ASDA Sutton in Ashfield2  ASDA Hucknall3  ASDA Front St, Arnold4  ASDA Hyson Green5  ASDA West Bridgeford6  ASDA Derby Rd, Sponden

Creating new jobsThe store would employ up to 370 people, with most of those roles representing new job opportunities for local people. ASDA is proud to be involved in the Government's Local Employment Partnership scheme. Through Jobcentre Plus and local employment agencies, we will provide long-term and recently unemployed people with the opportunity of a route back into work.Flexible working and skillsOur flexible working packages mean that our colleagues can balance their work and family commitments. We are regularly voted one of Britain's top employers. In March we were named as 'Innovative Employer of the Year' at this year's prestigious Oracle Retail Week Awards. As well as highlighting ASDA's high retention rates, judges noted ASDA's "highly successful colleague based initiatives", including our commitment to colleague health and our reward and recognition schemes - these include suggestion programmes and regular listening groups.We are committed to the long-term career and skills development of all our colleagues, providing training to the standard of NVQ level 2 and the opportunity to qualify for modern apprenticeships. Since 2002, over 1,200 shop floor colleagues have moved from hourly paid work into management.Pay and BenefitsWe have the best retention rates in the supermarket sector. Over 93,000 of our 160,000 colleagues have a stake in the business through our share ownership scheme. All colleagues with more than six months' service receive an annual performance related bonus. We are proud of our diverse workforce and the fact that we are Britain's biggest private sector employer of over 50s. We have no mandatory retirement age and no ceiling age for recruitment.