The Peacocks store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has ceased trading today with the loss of 16 jobs. The troubled fashion group went into administration on 18th January after failing to restructure debits of £240m. Peacocks stores around the country had continued to trade since then whilst administrators at KPMG sought a buyer. A press release put out by
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Jobs could be lost at the Bradley Stoke branch of Peacocks after the national retailer confirmed it had entered administration after failing to secure its debts. A spokesperson for administrators KPMG has told the BBC that there will “inevitably” be redundancies and store closures across the group. The company’s Chief Executive Richard Kirk said: “This is a hugely sad development
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Dear Editor, Hello, by law in the U.K children over the age of 13 are able to work (http://tinyurl.com/3rx9fqt) under certain conditions. I have searched the internet, emailed businesses etc and I am currently unsuccessful in finding a job; I was inquiring if you could help me in the search and/or post an article asking local employers for jobs for
Continue readingWorkers at RAC Motoring Services in Great Park Road, Bradley Stoke, heard today that the company has been sold to US private equity firm Carlyle Group for £1 billion. Current owner Aviva, which bought the RAC for £1.1 billion in 2005, said in a press release that the sale supported the company’s strategy to focus on insurance and savings businesses
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Jack fm reports that 135 staff working for the Bristol-based BSM (British School of Motoring) at its Aztec West headquarters have been told their jobs are secure – for now. BSM had gone into administration – but have been bought out by the AA – who already run the UK’s largest driving school. According th the Daily Mail, the AA
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The Willow Brook Centre (WBC) has announced that Bradley Stoke’s new Boots store will open on Wednesday 9th February. The store will stock a wide range of health and beauty products and provide a full prescription dispensing service through its ‘Midnight Pharmacy’, which will remain open until midnight Monday to Saturday and 4pm on Sunday. A promotional leaflet [PDF, 1.2MB],
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Adverts for vacancies at the new Boots store and regional office in Bradley Stoke have begun appearing on the Boots jobs website. A press release put out by the Willow Brook Centre in August stated there would be at least 30 jobs at the new store, while a planning application seeking to install a mezzanine floor in the unit suggested
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is recruiting for a range of full and part time temporary positions to help carry out the next UK census, which will take place on Sunday 27th March 2011. Full application details are available via www.censusjobs.co.uk and also at local job and community centres. Working within the local community, census recruits will engage with
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Advertisements for jobs at the Poundstretcher store due to open soon in Bradley Stoke have appeared online. A press release put out last week by the Willow Brook Centre stated that “over 15 jobs” would be available at the new store when it opens in December. The positions so far advertised include: Store Manager [job reference: BHF/26277] Deputy Manager [BHF/26278]
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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
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