Discount store on track for a spring opening

A new discount store set to open in Ashford is advertising for staff.

Home Bargains will move into the former Poundland unit on the Warren Retail Park and is on track to open on Saturday, May 20.

Meanwhile, the popular discount chain is recruiting staff in all areas, including sales assistants, supervisors and managers.

Applications can be made via its website.

A spokesman for the chain said they were excited about the new store and were looking for keen and enthusiastic members of the team.

The job advert says candidates will be given training and can expect a fast pace, hard work and a career with the retailer.

Home Bargains is privately owned by the family-run company TJ Morris Limited, which started 40 years ago in Liverpool.

There are currently 420 stores across the country but the chain has plans to double in size, bringing the number to around 800.

Former tenant Poundland closed on February 1, just eight months after it opened.

The chain already has two other stores in the town, one in the County Square shopping centre and the other in the former Woolworths store in the High Street.

When the Poundland Warren Retail Park store opened, resi- dents questioned whether the town could sustain three Poundlands but the company simply said it was looking at each town on a “case by case” basis.

To apply for a job with Home Bargains visit jobs.homebargains.co.uk

Home Bargains will be opening in the former Poundland store at Warren Retail Park