The Bradley Stoke Journal

Tesco has submitted a planning application which would see the number of ground floor units in the new shopping mall at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre increased from ten to fifteen. The proposed changes are to be achieved by sub-division and reconfiguration of the layout proposed in the original plans.

The company claims that the amendments will “offer greater opportunities for a variety of occupiers, and in meeting the demands expressed to the developer from prospective tenants will ensure that the space is fully occupied.”

The move follows an earlier planning ammendment that saw the number of ground floor units in the new town square increased from five to seven. That alteration was also achieved via an internal reconfiguration.

The changes are likely to be interpreted as an indication that the company is having difficulty attracting larger retailers to the new development.

An announcement of the anticipated opening date of the new Tesco Extra store, mall and town square complex is expected to be made shortly. In view of the deteriorating economic climate, it is thought unlikely that all the mall and town square units will be occupied when the centre opens.

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Tesco has begun advertising part-time positions available at its soon-to-open Tesco Extra store in Bradley Stoke. A flyer being distributed at the existing store lists vacancies in the following categories:

• Service
• Grocery Replenishment
• Fresh Food Replenishment
• Night and Twilight Replenishment
• Non Food

The advert states that part-time positions covering morning, afternoon, evening and night shifts are available.

Potential applicants should contact the dedicated Tesco recruitment centre at Aztec West. For contact details and location map see our dedicated New Town Centre Jobs page.

The campaign to find staff for Bradley Stoke’s new Tesco Extra store has stepped up a gear with the opening of a dedicated recruitment centre on the Aztec West Business Park.

According to information on the Tesco Careers website, the Bradley Stoke Tesco Recruitment Centre in the Rombourne Business Centre, 130 Aztec West [map] is now open and is scheduled to operate until 6th October. The telephone number of the centre is 01454 629623.

The same Aztec West office was recently used to recruit staff for the new Tesco Direct store that has now opened on the old B&Q site at Cribbs Causeway.

The new store in Bradley Stoke is scheduled to open in “late autumn”, in time for the peak Christmas trading period; the supermarket group is expected to announce a more precise opening date within the next few weeks.

Construction of the new store has been underway since January and progress is said to be “on schedule”. The exterior of the store is at an advanced state of completion and work is now focused on fitting out the interior. Elsewhere on the site, construction of a shopping mall (attached to the northern side of the new store) and town centre units (around a new “town square”) continues.

The new store is approximately two-and-a-half times the size of the existing Tesco store in Bradley Stoke and just 5% smaller than the Asda Wal-Mart store at Cribbs Causeway.

A separate campaign to recruit mangers for the new store has been running since June, and the closing date for these positions is now given as 21st July on the Tesco Careers website.

For the latest news on jobs available in Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook shopping centre, check out The Journal’s dedicated New Town Centre Jobs page.