The Bradley Stoke Journal

The management of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre have confirmed that they are in “final discussions” with Boots, the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer.

Speculation that Boots would be opening soon in Bradley Stoke heightened when a planning application in the company’s name was submitted to South Gloucestershire Council last week.

The planning  application concerns unit 1 in the retail terrace, on the corner of the Town Square – between the new Simpson’s Fish and Chip shop and Brantano.

Permission is being sought because Boots wishes to add an extra “mezzanine” floor to the unit, in order to accommodate a regional office and extra storage space. The company also wishes to add an extra entrance, for direct access to the regional office.

Once extended, the store will offer 3,900 sq ft of retail space with a further 3,000 sq ft available for the regional office.

Read on for more details of the new Boots store in Bradley Stoke »

The first advertisements for jobs at stores in phase 2 of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre have appeared online.

Phase 2 of the development includes six large “non-food retail” stores together with a Ladbrokes betting shop and a Westworld mobility store.

Fashion group New Look and shoe retailer Brantano are expected to be amongst the first tenants.

Brantano has now begun its recruitment campaign with adverts for a Store Manager and Deputy Manager on the jobs page of its website.

The Store Manager position comes with a salary of £20-24k, while the Deputy Manager will receive £14k.

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Sandwich outlet Subway has finally given official confirmation that it is to open a new store in Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The Subway shop will occupy unit 1 in the main mall building, giving it a frontage onto the new Town Square.

The shop is set to open on Monday 13th October, along with the new Tesco Extra store and several other stores in the shopping mall and Town Square of the Willow Brook Centre.

The company is looking a for Sandwich Artists and Managers to staff its new store. Full and part time positions with varying shift patterns are available. A recruitment open day will be held at the new store on Friday 10th October.

More details of all the vacancies at the Willow Brook Centre can be found on The Journal’s dedicated New Town Centre Jobs page.

Costa Coffee is the latest organisation to advertise for jobs at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development.

The company is looking for Assistant Managers and Team Members to staff its new store that is due to open later this month in the new Town Square.

Working hours are said to be flexible, with “full and part-time hours available during the week and weekends.”

Elsewhere, Greggs the Bakers, also opening in the Town Square, are still looking for staff. The company held a recruitment day on Saturday at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, where a member of staff told The Journal that a number of part-time positions remain to be filled.

More details of all the vacancies at the Willow Brook Centre can be found on The Journal’s dedicated New Town Centre Jobs page.

With the opening of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre now less than three weeks away, more job vacancies have been advertised by tenants of the new development.

1st Equity, who will be opening an agency for the Nationwide Building Society, is looking for a part-time Customer Sales Adviser. The firm is part of 1st Group UK, a financial services company based in the south west. The hourly rate for this position will be dependent on experience.

Sandwich outlet Subway, still to be officially confirmed as a tenant, is said to be looking for 20 staff at its store in the new town centre. Adverts for a Store Manager, Supervisors and Sandwich Makers have appeared on the Bristol Gumtree website. The Store Manager position comes with a salary of £22,000 plus bonus.

Greggs the Bakers are holding a recruitment day this Saturday (27th September) between 9am and 3pm at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The company is seeking part-time assistants for its new store and is offering £6.07ph (after training).

More details of all the vacancies can be found on The Journal’s dedicated New Town Centre Jobs page.