Budget fashion chain Peacocks looks set to be the next retailer to open at the Willow Brook Centre after the company began advertising for jobs at a “Bradley Stoke, Bristol” location. In a recent interview, Willow Brook Centre Manager Scott Lahive told The Journal that Peacocks had “shown interest” in opening in Bradley Stoke. The news that the company is
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Back on 13th October, the first anniversary of the opening of the Willow Brook Centre, we took a look back over the development’s first year of operation. This is the somewhat belated second part of our report. You can read part one of this article here. In the first part of our interview, Scott Lahive, Centre Manager, said he was
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If you haven’t bought your Christmas tree yet (or just fancy an extra one to fill that empty space in your Bradley Stoke mansion), there are plenty going free at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. Hundreds of unsold “real” trees, mostly around 8ft tall, have been abandoned by a seller in the car park of the centre and a source
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A private enforcement company has been brought in to combat unauthorised parking around the edge of the Tesco petrol filling station at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. Notices threatening rogue motorists with a penalty charge of £70 have been erected around the area. The signs bear the name of South West Parking Solutions, a Cheltenham company. A reporter from The
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A collection in aid of Many Tears Animal Rescue during 13th-15th November at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke, raised a total amount of £1,352.19. We are sincerely grateful to the Management at the Centre for allowing the collection and to the Bristol public for their amazing generosity. Thanks also go to all the volunteers who gave up their time
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Heart FM’s breakfast team of Bush, Troy and Paulina are to broadcast live from the Willow Brook Centre this Thursday (26th November) as part of the shopping centre’s Christmas lights switch on event. Family entertainment from 3pm in the Town Square will include Santa’s reindeer, children’s rides and a stilt walker. The centre is promising that “snow will be falling
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Phoenix Dental Bradley Stoke is offering free oral cancer screenings for all patients as part of their NHS check up. The action is in support of November’s Mouth Cancer Action Month organised by the British Dental Health Foundation and Denplan. The practice will also be manning a display stand at the Willow Brook Centre Bradley Stoke on Sunday 22nd November
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The Bradley Stoke branch of Curves, the worldwide ladies-only fitness and health group, has ceased trading at the town’s Willow Brook shopping centre. Staff at the branch were told three weeks ago that the franchise was in financial difficulty but management said they were hopeful that the situation would improve in the new year, when gyms traditionally see a surge
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Bradley Stoke’s first-ever cycle shop – known as “The Giant Store – Bristol” – staged a belated official celebration of its opening last Saturday (7th November) with a stunt show in the Town Square. Shoppers were treated to a day of shows courtesy of British trials rider and multiple World Record holder Andrei Burton, who is currently ranked number five
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Businesses, staff and shoppers at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre have come together in an early expression of Christmas spirit to collect around 300 shoeboxes for needy families in Eastern Europe. Kumon Educational UK, which has a regional office in the town centre complex, has teamed up with Link Romania as part of its corporate social responsibility programme, and students
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