Has anyone else seen the new parking restrictions at the Willow Brook Centre? I have seen the signs go up but not stopped to read them properly yet. From what others have said there will be a four hour maximum stay allowed. Plus fines for people parking in the disabled bays who do not display a blue badge; which is
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An agency branch of Santander Bank is due to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 16th December. The branch will occupy the same shop unit as the former Nationwide Building Society branch, which closed in mysterious circumstances in February. The new Santander agency will be operated by 1st Equity (part of financial services company 1st Group UK
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A hand car wash and valeting service looks set to open soon in the car park of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. A planning application has been submitted to South Gloucestershire Council by franchise company Waves Car Wash, seeking permission to change of the use of [some of the] land from “car parking” to “hand car wash and valeting
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There’s just a week left to enter the Willow Brook Clinic’s competition to win a course of three free 30-minute massage treatments. The competition, organised in conjunction with The Journal, is being run to mark the first anniversary of the chiropractic and physiotherapy clinic based on the first floor of the Willow Brook Centre. Entries must be received by Tuesday
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Bradley Stoke’s new Harvester Salad & Grill will be officially opened by the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr Janet Biggin, at 11am on Tuesday 23rd November. The new restaurant at the Willow Brook Shopping Centre has created 60 jobs for local people, and offers freshly prepared and great value meals for all the family, including Original Spitroast Chicken and
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A new electrical store, trading under the world-famous Panasonic brand, is set to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Saturday 4th December. The shop, occupying mall unit 1b (between Subway and Carphone Warehouse), will be operated by Pana Stores (South West) Limited, bringing the company’ s portfolio to a total of six stores, including one in Clifton, Bristol.
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The former Curves ladies-only Gym at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre looks set to re-open as a financial services office. Brookmaker (GP) Ltd, which appears to be a private subsidiary of Tesco, has applied to South Gloucestershire Council to change the use of mall unit 12 from “Gymnasium (Class D2)” to “Financial and Professional Services (Class A2)”. Curves gym, which
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People in Bradley Stoke are being given the chance to attend an exclusive preview event at the town’s new Harvester restaurant, which is due to open at the Willow Brook Centre on Tuesday 23rd November. Manager Adam Giles said: “We want to invite 100 volunteers to sample the freshly prepared dishes on our Salad & Grill menu for free on
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The Willow Brook Clinic is celebrating its first anniversary this month, having opened on 2nd November 2009, with a special competition being run in conjunction with the Bradley Stoke Journal. In just one year the local community has benefited to such a degree that the Willow Brook Clinic has had to almost double the number of fully trained healthcare practitioners
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The South West’s Asian community will be heading to Bradley Stoke once more on Saturday (6th November 2010) to celebrate Diwali in the Town Square. Radio Mast FM, an Asian radio channel in the South West, is staging a repeat of its highly-successful 2009 event, to mark the Indian “festival of light”. The theme of the event is “Diwali at
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