Matalan Store Opens!

MAYOR OPENS NEW MATALAN STORE IN TUNSTALL!

9 March 2004

The elected Mayor Mike Wolfe has officially opened the new Matalan store in Tunstall to the hundreds of shoppers who have been waiting for the developments' completion.

The £6 million scheme was completed on schedule by contractors Bluestone and has been built on the site of a run down former Co-op store in the town.

Te new development has created around 120 new jobs in the area and is the first phase of the Tunstall East Regneration Scheme.

Work is due to start on phase two later this year creating a strong link with the High Street.

The scheme has been delivered by urban regneration specialists Dransfield Properties who are based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

The Mayor Mr Wolfe praised the work done by Dransfield Properties to regnerate this part of Tunstall bringing new jobs and investment to the area.

Managing Director Mark Dransfield said: "We are delighted to have completed this first phase in our plans for Tunstall, this has been extremely well received by local members and residents alike and we are looking foreward to delivering the next phases of this improtant development in the town."

For further information contact :-

Mark Dransfield
Managing Director, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel :  01226 360644

Nick Wright
Dalby Development
Tel : 01706 369480

Amanda Holmes
Public Relations, Dransfield Properties Ltd
 Tel : 01226 360644 or 07971 854733

EDITORS NOTES

1. Dransfield Properties Ltd is in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and has been responsible for more retail developments than any other operation of its kind in the UK.

2. The company’s approach to and success in gaining planning for complicated brownfield sites has enabled it to build up a reputation for schemes of urban regeneration.

3. Dransfield Properties was last year awarded the BSCS award for working with the community. Last month the company won the RICS Pro Yorkshire Award for Conservation/Regeneration.

4. For more information about Dransfield Properties Ltd and about the company’s recent developments log on to the website at www.dransfield.co.uk
  

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk