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		</div><p>One of the UK’s largest travel agents has said it will save thousands of jobs at Thomas Cook after a deal to buy all 555 of the company’s stores around the UK.</p>
<p>Hays Travel has already employed 421 members of Thomas Cook staff since the travel group went out of business last month.</p>
<p>The company now intends to reopen the shops immediately, potentially saving up to 2,500 further jobs.</p>
<p>It also promised to create another 100 jobs at its Sunderland headquarters.</p>
<p><em>“It is a game-changer for us, almost trebling the number of shops we have and doubling our workforce – and for the industry, which will get to keep some of its most talented people,”</em> said founder John Hays.</p>
<p><em>“We are looking forward to welcoming many more people who share our passion for the travel industry, into our family business.”</em></p>
<p>The 178-year-old Thomas Cook folded on September 23 after failing to secure a last-minute rescue deal.</p>
<p>The news left around 150,000 passengers stranded abroad, the last of whom were returned to the UK on Monday.</p>
<p><em>“This is an extremely positive outcome, and we are delighted to have secured this agreement,”</em> said Jim Tucker, a KPMG partner who was appointed joint special manager of Thomas Cook’s retail division after the failure.</p>
<p><em>“It provides re-employment opportunities for a significant number of former Thomas Cook employees, and secures the future of retail sites up and down the UK high street.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Tucker said the administrators would work with Hays to “ensure a smooth transition of the store estate”.</p>
<p>He added: <em>“We are pleased to have achieved this in a short timeframe and in the context of a complex liquidation process, which is testament to a lot of hard work from a number of parties.”</em></p>
<p>Hays was founded in County Durham 40 years ago and reached £1 billion in sales last year.</p>
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