Jobs boost by KFC hailed

Restaurants: Summer opening will bring with it 20 permanent positions

Twenty jobs will be created in Fort William when a branch of fast food giant KFC opens there.

KFC is recruiting for staff, with salaries of up to £26,000 per year.

Councillor Allan Henderson of Fort William said the project showed the overall confidence in the town, and the continued investment from business.

At the start of the week plans were announced to build a soap factory in the Lochaber capital.

The KFC outlet – which has planning permission for a drive-through, restaurant and takeaway – is on the A82 north of Fort William, at North Road – next to Poundstretchers and a nearby Costa Coffee drive-through and cafe.

Developers have been working on the plan for the business for more than five years.

Managerial jobs at the outlethavebeenadvertised via The Press and Journal and HiJobs.

KFC franchise operator Herbert said: “We are now recruiting for staff members and we are looking for someone very special from the area to be our manager, and assistant manager.

“We want passionate businessleaderswhowant to make a difference.”

The business is expected to open in late summer, with more than 20 permanent jobs created.

Allan Henderson said it will be creating “permanent, well-paid jobs”.

“Once these projects start they get under way very quickly. The roof is almost on, so I imagine it will only be a matter of months before it is up and running.

“The other thing that a national business like this coming to town does is grows the confidence of others that this is a place that is thriving and ready to do business.

“It also fills unsightly gaps roadside.” those in the

WORK IN PROGRESS: A new KFC branch, expected to open in late summer, adds to the impression that Fort William is ‘thriving and ready to do business’