No, I’m not talking about half-priced sofas or heavily-discounted plasma tellies, but I admit that they aren’t very far from my line of thinking. It seems that the British public are out in force once again; all of them in search of that mythical creature that’s rumoured to make its presence known at this time of…
Blacks Leisure is set to go into administration after racking up £36m of debt and a £16m loss in the first half of 2011, with the second half unlikely to be any better. The unseasonably warm weather has meant that the chain of stores which sell outdoor clothing has suffered from lack of custom –…
Clipper Logistics, the retail and distribution company based in Leeds, is to spend £15m on a new warehouse at Wynyard Business Park, Stockton, Teesside. The warehouse will be specially aimed at the meeting the needs of Asda’s for the distribution of their George brand of clothing. Between 400 and 500 job vacancies will be created…
Marks and Spencer are getting ready to start work on a 5,000 square metre store on Mill Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. The store will retail clothing, food and homeware and create a host of job vacancies when it opens. The project will result in the demolition of the dwellings in Glyndwr Road, the Drill Hall and…
Specsavers are to re-open their newly-refurbished branch on Gold Street, Tiverton, Devon at the beginning of January, 2012. The revamped outlet will also see the creation of 8 new job vacancies including positions for specialist staff such as trained opticians and contact lens consultants. While some have already been recruited, there are still positions yet to…
Dwell, the High Street furniture retail chain, is to expand into Wales with a new 500 square metre store in the Capital Shopping Centre, St David’s, Cardiff. The number of job vacancies which will be created when the store opens in March 2012 has not yet been given however recruitment is likely to be taking…
Dealz, part of the Poundland group, will open their newest store in the old Woolworth’s, Strand, Douglas, Isle of Man, tomorrow, Saturday, 10th December, 2011. The 550 square metre shop will stock around 3,000 product lines and create 35 permanent job vacancies and 10 seasonal ones. Dealz opened in Ireland 2 months ago and is…
Smyths Toys Superstores, the Irish toy-seller chain, are to open a new branch at the site of the old John Peters Furniture store on Clough Road, Hull, Yorkshire. There will initially be 30 job vacancies on offer but this is likely to be doubled during peak selling seasons when a further 30 seasonal jobs are…
Smyths Toys Superstores, the Irish chain of toy shops, is about to open a new outlet in the former Reid Furniture premises on the Middlebrook Retail Park, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire. The superstore is expected to start trading on Saturday, 11th February 2012, creating 30 job vacancies. The positions on offer range right the way from…
