The Tesco Extra store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has announced that it is to introduce a £1 shopping trolley release mechanism to improve trolley availability, free up parking spaces and improve the local environment. In a direct response to customer feedback, the £1 deposit – to be introduced from Wednesday 16th May – will improve the availability of
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The Willow Brook Centre’s car park in Bradley Stoke has been awarded the ‘Park Mark‘ Safer Parking Award for the second year in a row. Park Mark is an initiative of Chief Police Officers aimed at reducing crime in public parking areas, a very welcome initiative as nationally, vehicle crime accounts for a high percentage of all crime (up to
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Shopping Centre has launched a Facebook page to promote business and improve community interaction. The centre is managed by Bristol-based commercial property specialists Colliers International. Willow Brook Manager Scott Lahive said the page had already proved a big success celebrating Easter attractions – as well as promoting the best bargains. He said: “We have already had
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Managers at the Willow Brook Centre say they are continuing to “refine and improve” traffic calming measures with the ongoing objective of reducing the speed of vehicles entering and leaving the site, thereby “improving the safety of customers who visit the Centre”. The shopping centre announced its intention to implement measures to “help drivers obey the speed limits” last September
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The Peacocks store at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre has ceased trading today with the loss of 16 jobs. The troubled fashion group went into administration on 18th January after failing to restructure debits of £240m. Peacocks stores around the country had continued to trade since then whilst administrators at KPMG sought a buyer. A press release put out by
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The Willow Brook Centre has announced that it is suspending its Mummy’s Breakfast Morning club – just seven months after its inaugural meeting at the Harvester restaurant. The club, which provided free hot drinks for mums and free activities for children, was previously held on the last Tuesday in every month. Membership of the club also brought the benefit of
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An article in today’s Bristol Evening Post claims shoppers have been put off from using Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre following the installation of speed humps back in November last year. The humps on the approach road to the centre are said to be giving customers “too much of a jolt” and the obstacles are alleged to be causing traffic
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Jobs could be lost at the Bradley Stoke branch of Peacocks after the national retailer confirmed it had entered administration after failing to secure its debts. A spokesperson for administrators KPMG has told the BBC that there will “inevitably” be redundancies and store closures across the group. The company’s Chief Executive Richard Kirk said: “This is a hugely sad development
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Richard Clark is the lucky winner of our exclusive December prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the new Anytime Fitness gym in Bradley Stoke. Richard’s entry was drawn out of the hat by former professional tennis player Robin Drysdale, who is the Managing Director of the local Anytime Fitness franchise.
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Feel you need to shake things up in the New Year? You’re not alone – with 2012 fast approaching let this be the year you achieve your health and fitness goals, whatever they are! If you’re one of the many people who set new personal health and fitness goals at this time of the year, why not enter our exclusive
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