The Journal’s photographer has been out and about all day recording events in and around the Willow Brook Centre on its opening day. The day started shortly before 8am, as a group of keen shoppers queued to be the first into the new Tesco Extra store. When the doors opened, a number of lucky customers were rewarded with Tesco shopping
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Willow Brook Centre – opening moments
The Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development, opened its doors to the public today, when the giant new Tesco Extra store began trading. A small group of shoppers and representatives of the local media assembled outside the Town Square entrance to the centre’s shopping mall shortly before 8am this morning. On the stroke of eight o’clock, the
Continue readingWillow Brook Centre – the morning after the night before
This was the scene shortly before 8am this morning (Monday 13th October) after workmen had toiled through the night to get Bradley Stoke’s new Town Square ready for today’s official opening of the Willow Brook Centre. The stone pillars in the foreground are intended to support a set of wrought iron gates brought over from France, but construction difficulties meant
Continue readingWork goes on through the night to get the Willow Brook Centre ready for Monday’s grand opening
Hundreds of construction workers were last night labouring into the night to get Bradley Stoke’s new town centre ready for today’s official opening. The Willow Brook Centre is due to open its doors at 8am, when the giant Tesco Extra store will begin trading. Whilst the Bradley Stoke Way side of the complex was relatively quiet on Sunday, with the
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With the official opening just days away, Bradley Stoke’s new town centre is a hive of activity. Hundreds of construction workers and shopfitters are labouring flat out to ensure that the Willow Brook Centre can open to the public on Monday morning (13th October 2008). The Journal’s reporter was allowed in to the centre on Friday to record the scene
Continue readingTesco Extra store manager appointed
Tesco plc has announced the appointment of Oliver Hill as manager of the new Tesco Extra store that is set to open on Monday 13th October at Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook Centre. Mr Hill has been with Tesco for eleven years and hails from Surrey. He now lives locally and has recently been running the recruitment centre for the
Continue readingNew Town Centre: latest jobs news
With the opening of the Willow Brook Centre only weeks away, more of the companies that are opening stores in Bradley Stoke’s new town centre have been advertising for staff. Greggs the bakers, who were confirmed as tenants only this week, are advertising for part-time and weekend staff to work in their new store. The rate of pay offered is
Continue readingWillow Brook Centre to open on Monday 13th October
The first phase of Bradley Stoke’s new Willow Brook Centre will open on Monday 13th October. The first day of trading will see the giant new Tesco Extra store open to customers, along with five other retail outlets in the attached shopping mall and Town Square. The town’s existing main Tesco store, situated alongside the new development, will cease trading
Continue readingInside the Willow Brook Centre – a guided tour
The Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke’s new £80 million shopping centre, is now just weeks away from opening its doors to the general public. Construction of the complex, which includes a Tesco Extra store, a shopping mall and further retail outlets around a new Town Square, has progressed rapidly over the Summer months and the centre could be ready to
Continue readingTesco Extra recruitment centre opens on-site in Bradley Stoke
A recruitment centre for jobs at Bradley Stoke’s new Tesco Extra store has opened for business in the car park of the new development in Savages Wood Road. The centre, formed of two Portakabin-style units, is situated just off the main public access road that leads to the existing Tesco store on the site, in the new section of car
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