A planning application for the construction of a Travelodge hotel and a Greggs drive-through near the entrance to the Abbey Wood Retail Park in Filton has been recommended for approval by officers at South Gloucestershire Council.
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Abbey Wood owners submit plans for Travelodge hotel and Greggs drive-through
The owners of the Abbey Wood Shopping Park have submitted a planning application for a Travelodge hotel and a Greggs drive-through on land close to the MoD Roundabout on the A4174 in Filton. The proposed site lies just to the east of the existing McDonald’s restaurant.
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New-look Abbey Wood Shopping Park officially opened
Filton’s recently refurbished Abbey Wood Shopping Park was officially launched yesterday (Thursday 20th March) with a spectacular opening event featuring colourful acts by Bristol-based showmakers and circus connoisseurs Cirque Bijou. The opening event got under way at midday with an exciting show of theatrical stunts, aerial acrobatics and live music which concluded with the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr
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New B&M store to open this week at Abbey Wood
The latest new stores at the revamped Abbey Wood Shopping Park in Filton are due to open their doors over the next few days. Major variety retailer, B&M will open tomorrow (Thursday 20th February), followed by national sandwich franchise Subway on Friday 28th February. This phase of new store openings comes after a collection of major chains opened their doors
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Filton restaurant raises £800 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research
A FREE Charity Breakfast event held this morning (Wednesday 29th January) at the Frankie and Benny’s restaurant in Abbey Wood, Filton, has raised £800 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. The event had a great turn out and saw more than 150 people attend, including Cllr Ian Boulton, Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, all helping to support this fantastic cause. Photo (l-r): Stuart
Continue readingMajor chains open at new look shopping park
Major retailers are now opening their doors at the revitalised Abbey Wood Shopping Park in Filton, Bristol. The shopping park, which has undergone a £10 million refurbishment and extension, is now home to Asda, Costa Coffee and restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s and Nando’s. Sporting Pro, the new sports fascia owned by value fashion chain Matalan and backed by Intersport,
Continue readingAir ambulance charity helps open new Asda at Filton Abbey Wood
A local ambulance charity helped open the new Asda Filton supermarket today, following the store’s search for a ‘local hero’. Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) celebrated with more than 400 customers, Asda colleagues, the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council Cllr Ian Boulton and a host of local community figures, for what was a grand opening to remember. The charity
Continue readingNew Asda store looking to build community links
A brand new supermarket is looking to build relationships with local groups when it opens its doors on Monday 2nd December. Asda Filton is calling on any group from a scout troop, to a charity, nursery school or voluntary organisation to visit the store to look at ways it can work with colleagues in the future. Anne Maddox, community life
Continue reading220 jobs on offer at new Asda store in Filton
Applications are now open for 220 jobs at the new Asda Filton store, which will be located at Abbey Wood Retail Park. Asda’s first store in Filton opens this November and applicants wishing to express an interest in the jobs should visit www.asda.jobs/hourly. New store manager, Dave Rolph, said: “At Asda we recruit for attitude and train for skill. We
Continue readingGreen light for new Asda store at Abbey Wood Retail Park
The opening of an Asda food store at Filton’s Abbey Wood Retail Park has moved a step closer after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) granted planning permission for a redevelopment of part of the site. The approved plans involve demolishing the ‘southern terrace’ of units (previously occupied by Woolworths and T.J. Hughes) and replacing it with a 5,007sqm Asda foodstore and
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