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Copyright Fife Free Press 2010
8th July 2010
MORRISONS CONFIRMED AS OCCUPIER FOR INVERTIEL DEVELOPMENT SITE
Morrisons has today announced that it has signed up with Invertiel Developments to provide a new 36,000 sq.ft sales area supermarket on the former B&Q site in Kirkcaldy, providing a significant boost to regeneration plans for the Invertiel and Linktown area.
Kirkcaldy residents are set to reap the benefits of having the multiple award winning Morrisons in town, improving choice and competition with the weekly food shop, if planning consent is granted by the local authority. The proposed supermarket, together with a petrol station and associated car parking, will form the first phase of larger masterplan proposals for the comprehensive regeneration of the Invertiel area. The development will also create approximately 330 much-needed new jobs, which will provide a welcome boost to an area that currently has over 2,400 people unemployed.
Speaking on behalf of Morrisons, development executive Andrew Wood said,
“We are committed to bringing our fresh food offering to Kirkcaldy and, having reviewed all potential opportunities, the Invertiel site is the only location we are considering. We believe it is the best location for a new supermarket in the area, delivering the right size of store to serve the wider community of Invertiel, Linktown and Kirkcaldy.
“We know that Fife Council places a high level of priority on job creation and by working with the Council and other agencies, we aim to ensure that job opportunities created by the new store will have a specific focus on unemployed people in the local community. ”
Joe Noble, spokesperson for Invertiel Developments Ltd said,
“Morrisons has identified that the Invertiel site is the only location which is suitable for the facilities it needs to invest in Kirkcaldy and, most significantly, is deliverable.
“We have received over 100 letters of support for our proposals to date, many of which have come from long-term unemployed residents in the area who are really keen to hear more about job opportunities at the new store.”
The overall proposals will help to regenerate the redundant site, which currently presents something of an eyesore, returning it to productive economic use. Together with the plans by Stagecoach for the new hovercraft terminal, the proposals will also assist in the creation of a transport hub and gateway for the town.
Morrisons and the developers are hopeful that Fife Council will consider their planning application soon.
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Please contact Tracy Hostler on 01727 833324 / 07879 881601 or email tracy@sharpecomms.co.uk.
About Morrisons:
Freshness, Service and Value
We are the UK’s fourth largest food retailer with over 420 stores. Our business is mainly food and grocery – the weekly shop. Uniquely we source and process most of the fresh food that we sell though our own manufacturing facilities, giving us close control over provenance and quality; and we have more people preparing more fresh food in store than any other retailer.
Every week over ten million customers pass through our doors and 134,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. With competitive prices and hundreds of special offers, we are proud to save our customers money every day.
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