Big step up for home town boy Richard; COVENTRY KID LANDS PLUM JOB AT NEW FLAGSHIP CITY STORE.(News)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: October 25, 1999| Author: Argument, Barbara | Copyright information

STORE manager Richard Hildrew reckons he's always hit the jackpot when it comes to brilliant career moves.

He got his first big break managing one of the country's smallest Woolworths at Bell Green. Now he's back in Coventry as boss of the biggest.

The 33-year-old can hardly believe his luck at being given the plum job as manager of the flagship Big W which opens next Friday.

The massive Walsgrave store has 250 staff and 53,000 different products p...

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