The Christmas lights go on at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre on Thursday 18th November. The entertainment starts at 2:30pm with music from Heart Bristol, along with a winter al-fresco area, face painting and prize giveaways. Children will be able to pet the reindeer and have their picture taken with Santa on his sleigh. The count down to the lights
Continue readingMr Men characters Mr Bump and Little Miss Sunshine visited Specsavers in Bradley Stoke on Saturday 16th October to celebrate the store’s first anniversary. Children took part in a Mr Men colouring competition and staff carried out specs MOTs (cleaning and adjustments) in return for a donation to Guide Dogs, Specsavers’ national charity partner. Ed Stanleigh, store director at Specsavers
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The new Harvester restaurant at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre is due to officially open on Tuesday 23rd November. Harvester’s Senior Marketing Manager, Alex Meyer, said: “We are delighted to have secured such a fantastic site for our new Harvester Salad & Grill in Bradley Stoke. The area has great potential and we’re confident that Harvester’s unique offering will continue
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An electrical retailer is to open soon in the mall at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The new store, selling audio-visual equipment and domestic appliances, is currently due to open in “late November”. The Journal understands that a relatively small company, currently with five or six stores in its portfolio, is behind the new outlet. The company has already
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A new monthly farmers’ market that starts on Wednesday this week at the Willow Brook Centre will “bring the countryside back into Bradley Stoke” says Market Manager Jim Wilkie. The proposed market looked doomed earlier this year after a number of businesses at the shopping centre raised objections to its introduction, leading to one Town Councillor labelling the stores “narrow
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The quest for staff at Bradley Stoke’s soon-to-open Harvester restaurant gets under way in earnest next week with a local recruitment event. An advert placed on the ‘jobsite.co.uk’ within the last few days says the company is looking for: “… enthusiastic, well-motivated and sociable individuals with personality and who enjoy meeting and mixing with people.” The positions available are listed
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Advertisements for jobs at the Poundstretcher store due to open soon in Bradley Stoke have appeared online. A press release put out last week by the Willow Brook Centre stated that “over 15 jobs” would be available at the new store when it opens in December. The positions so far advertised include: Store Manager [job reference: BHF/26277] Deputy Manager [BHF/26278]
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Last Saturday’s Community Showcase event in the Town Square has been hailed a success by organisers and stall holders. The event, now in its second year, saw over 30 local businesses and organisations promoting their activities to shoppers at Bradley Stoke’s popular Willow Brook shopping centre. The event got underway at 11am with a colourful flag-waving display from the South
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Budget chain Poundstretcher has been revealed as the “value retailer” that will be opening soon in Bradley Stoke’s new town centre. A press release put out today (Friday) by the Willow Brook Centre says the “UK’s original value store” is due to open on Friday 10th December. The Journal understands that the firm will be occupying unit 6 of the
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Every Saturday during October 2010, staff at the award-winning Reflections Hair Salon based at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke will be holding ‘Pink Days’ to support Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Dressed in pink, staff will be offering clients pink cupcakes and pink refreshments, and holding a raffle to win a pair of GHD Original Hair Straighteners worth £119. The limited
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