Three further stores could open next month (August) at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre shopping development. The town’s first cycle shop, branded “Giant Cycles“, is set to open on Wednesday 15th August according to a source within the owning company, ZeroG. The sizeable store, on the corner of the main mall building at the Bradley Stoke
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Opticians group Specsavers looks set to take the final remaining “under offer” unit at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The company has recently started advertising for staff, saying it will “shortly be opening a busy, friendly store in Bradley Stoke”. Card Factory, Brantano (shoes), ZeroG (cycles) and Pets at Home are the other companies that are expected to open
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The new Brantano shoe store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre is to open next month. Fitting out of the shop began earlier this week and posters put up on the doors today give the opening date as Tuesday 21st July. Brantano was revealed by The Journal as a potential tenant in October last year. The store occupies unit 2
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Local cycle specialists ZeroG are to open a store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The group, which already has stores in Bristol city centre, Bedminster and Downend, says it will open in Bradley Stoke in about a month’s time. It is understood that the new store will occupy mall unit 10, which is the corner unit at the Bradley
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Former international referee Paul Durkin was in town today to promote the new Ladbrokes betting shop that opened earlier in the week at the Willow Brook Centre. Football fans looking to place bets on today’s FA Cup Final match between Chelsea and Everton had the opportunity to chat with Mr Durkin about his experience of refereeing the Final back in
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Budget greetings card retailer Card Factory is to open an outlet soon at the Willow Brook Centre according to a low-key announcement on the centre’s official website. The store guide on the website has been updated to show the new store occupying unit 6b, between the recently-opened Timpson shoe repair shop and the O2 mobile phone store. The company, which
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Bradley Stoke’s first-ever betting shop is set to open its doors to the public this Wednesday at the town’s Willow Brook Centre. Fitting-out of the interior of the new Ladbrokes store is now complete and the all-important satellite TV equipment has been installed. Twenty flat screen TVs will bring live odds and sporting action to the punters of Bradley Stoke.
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Bus services have been partially restored to Bradley Stoke’s town centre this week, after a break of over twelve months during building works. Services were suspended from April 2008, when construction of a new car park got underway, despite earlier plans to provide a temporary bus stop within the centre as building work progressed. Bus passengers using the centre have
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Shoe repair and key cutting outlet Timpson is the latest company to be revealed as a new tenant at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. Information on the official Willow Brook Centre (WBC) website shows the company occupying unit 6b in the mall, but Centre Manager Scott Lahive has told The Journal that it will in fact be in the
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Shoe retailer Brantano has begun advertising shop assistant vacancies for its new store in Bradley Stoke, which The Journal understands will be sited in the new retail terrace at the Willow Brook Centre. The company advertised management positions at the new store back in February. Now it is looking for part-time sales supervisors and part-time sales assistants via listings on
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