Major high street chain to open new store at Yorkshire shopping centre
Yorkshire Trading Company is set to be opened in Beverley's Flemingate Centre
A MAJOR retailer is set to open a new store at an East Yorkshire shopping centre.
Yorkshire Trading Company is set to take over a 10,300 square-foot unit in Beverley's Flemingate Shopping Centre.
The new store is expected to open in the coming weeks and will create around 25 full and part-time jobs.
The centre is owned by Hull-based Wykeland Group.
Jason Platten, Wykeland’s head of retail and leisure, said: "Yorkshire Trading Company is one of the region’s great high street success stories and we’re delighted to welcome them to Flemingate and Beverley.
"We’re sure Yorkshire Trading Company will be a very popular addition to Flemingate, driving further footfall to the centre and complementing the existing strong retail and leisure offering.
"Yorkshire Trading Company’s story began in our own home city of Hull and we’re proud to be supporting the company’s continued commitment to the high street and contribution to our region’s economy."
The family-run business operates 34 stores across the north, including in York, Ripon, Skipton, Whitby, and Knaresborough.
Yorkshire Trading Company is set to take on the 10,300 square-foot unit in the centre, and will open in the coming weeks
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What began as a corner shop in Hull in 1939 has grown into a high street chain selling more than 10,000 products, both in-store and online.
Its product range includes household essentials, DIY items, clothing, garden supplies, and toys.
The new Beverley store will join Flemingate’s line-up of national names such as H&M, Dunelm, Sports Direct, and Superdrug, alongside independents including Art & Soul, Baytree Interiors, and Beverley Travel.
The new store is expected to open in the coming weeks and will create around 25 full and part-time jobs
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Mark Johnson, operations and compliance manager at Yorkshire Trading Company, said: "Beverley is a location we’ve been looking at for many years.
"It’s a traditional market town, with a strong sense of community – we’ve just been waiting for the right unit, in the right place, to become available.
"Flemingate gives us exactly that, and we’re now working hard as a team to get the new store ready for opening.
"Beverley complements the other stores we have in the area, from Bridlington and Driffield to the north, down to Louth and Skegness in Lincolnshire.
"We’re proud to be working closely with local suppliers and contractors on the new Beverley store, underlining our commitment to the local economy and the region in which our business was founded and continues to be based."
Yorkshire Trading Company is currently recruiting for its Beverley team.