Businesses at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre have been criticised by a local resident for their lack of action in addressing an alleged litter problem on the footpaths surrounding the shopping development. Holly Mieville-Hawkins (pictured with husband Luke Palmer), who lives in Dewfalls Drive, has delivered a protest letter to a number of stores at the centre. In the letter,
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Estate agents CJ Hole are now open for business at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The previously unannounced move became apparent today (Monday) when the company’s advertising boards outside properties in the town were emblazoned with a “now at the Willow Brook Centre” flash. A source at the company told The Journal that the new office, on the first floor
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Taylors Estate Agents look set to open an office at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre, according to an announcement on the centre’s official website. The company, currently located at Bradley Pavilions in Pear Tree Road, says: We are looking forward to moving from our existing premises in Bradley Pavilions to the fantastic new Willow Brook Centre. In addition to offering
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The new police inspector for the Filton Neighbourhood Area, which includes Bradley Stoke, is expected to address a meeting of the Safer and Stronger Community Group on Tuesday evening. Inspector Bob Evely recently replaced Inspector Simon Ellis, who has taken up a post at police HQ. Other recent changes on the Bradley Stoke Beat saw PC Steven Palmer taking over
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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
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Betting chain Ladbrokes has submitted a planning application for signage at its new shop in the Town Square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The shop will occupy ‘town centre unit 9’ (shown with a red outline in the plan above), which is part of the phase 2 ‘retail terrace’ building and separated from the main body of the Town
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Fashion store New Look looks likely to feature as a key component in Phase 2 of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The news is revealed in an updated version of the Willow Brook Centre marketing brochure, available on the Alder King website, which shows unit three of the retail terrace being ‘under offer’ to the fashion group. The Journal understands
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NHS South Gloucestershire has confirmed that two new NHS dentists are expected to be operational in Bradley Stoke from April 2009. The news confirms an exclusive story carried in The Journal last August. The two chair dental surgery will be based in ‘mall office unit #1’ (shown red in the plan below) on the first floor of the Willow Brook
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In our Photo Gallery: Bradley Stoke Christmas Lights [album; slideshow] Bradley Stoke Christmas 2008 [album; slideshow] Useful holiday information: Christmas opening hours at our local shopping centres
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Two more businesses are set to begin trading soon at Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook shopping centre. Explore Learning and Curves are on schedule to open in mid-January and will occupy units on the first floor of the main building. The new units are located close to the public toilets and are accessed via the staircase from the centre of
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