Bradley Stoke’s new town centre is a step closer to completion after hoardings around the site were removed this week. The new ‘retail terrace’ of six large non-food outlets is now fully open to public view along with two smaller units on the north-western side of the Town Square, one of which is now decorated with the Ladbrokes logo. The
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New tenants lined up for Willow Brook Centre
The Journal has learned that a number of new tenants will soon be announced at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. Centre Manager Scott Lahive has disclosed that ‘under offer’ banners will be going up on seven units later this week. Four units in the Mall Two units in the soon-to-open Retail Terrace One unit in the Town Square (Ladbrokes) Earlier
Continue readingLadbrokes seeks gambling licence for Willow Brook betting office
The opening of Ladbrokes’ new betting office at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has moved a step closer with the submission of an application for a premises licence. Representations about the application may be made to South Gloucestershire Council until 13th April, meaning that the office will not open in time for the Grand National betting frenzy (4th April), but
Continue readingPitman Training set to move to Willow Brook Centre
The Willow Brook Centre has announced that Pitman Training (Bristol North) is to open soon at Bradley Stoke’s new shopping centre. The buisness training outfit, currently operating from Bradley Pavilions in Pear Tree Road, becomes the third ‘office business’ in as many weeks to announce a relocation from premises elsewhere in the town Estate agents CJ Hole are already operational
Continue readingCJ Hole Estate Agents now open at the Willow Brook Centre
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
Continue readingTaylors Estate Agents to move to Willow Brook Centre
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
Continue readingTroublesome Tesco trolleys set for replacement
Hundreds of defective shopping trolleys at the Tesco Extra store in Bradley Stoke are due to be replaced over the weekend, according to Customer Services Manager Matt Hill. Wheel locking devices on the faulty ‘shallow’ trolleys have been spontaneously seizing up ever since they were introduced when the new store opened last October. Over the last week, most of the
Continue readingWillow Brook phase 2 jobs come on stream
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
Continue readingLadbrokes betting shop approaches final furlong in planning stakes
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
Continue readingNew Look fashion store likely to feature in Willow Brook Phase 2
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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