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Amajor national retailerisset toopenastoreinthecentreof Clitheroe later this month her alding the continued regenera- tionofthetownaccordingto local business chiefs.
Fat Face has spent a six figure sum renovating what used to beThe Victoria pub on Market Place, with the lifestyle cloth ing and accessories retailer planning to open its new store
. on Saturday December 13th. -•"A workforce of 10 people has already been appointed to work in the new shop and Laura Melling, from Fat Face’s Lytham store, has been ap pointed manager. A spokesman for Fat Face
said: “Clitheroe hasbeeninour thoughts for a number ofyears and it was just about waiting for the right opportunity to arise. We wanted to be able to dojusticetothetownandmake a great brand statement.
. :“We are very pleased to have secured a historic landmark building in a prominent posi tion in the town. We are very proud of our shop fit andhope- fully we.have done justice to the architecture and breathed some new life back into a spe cial place for all of
' Clitheroe to enjoy. “Clitheroe itself
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is a beautiful his toric market town, with a fantastic and diverse range of multiple and independent retailers and we hope we will complement the other retail ers in the town.” Tony Gould, president of
regeneration of Clitheroe [is] a credittoall involved’
■ not surprised that a major national clothing retailer is investing hundreds of thou sands of pounds in bringing an old building back into use in the town.” The Victoria pub has stood empty and boarded up since December 2011 after the pub licence w a s r e v o k e d by the borough councils licens ing committee. The action came after children as
Clitheroe Chamber of Trade and Commerce, has welcomed the investment: “The contin ued regeneration of Clitheroe as a shopping destination and the latest developments in the Market Place are a credit to all involved,” he said. “Whilst most retailers have
seen a 7% increase in footfall year on year, some have seen far in excess of that and lam
young as 15 were continuously being served with alcohol. Of ficers visited the pub on;nu- merous occasions arid found children drinking pints oflager andvodka. Tony added that Fat Face,
along with others, have iden tified “the exciting prospects” that Clitheroehas to offer, with plans submitted to Ribble Val ley Borough Council to bring back into use two other cur rently empty properties in
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