BARNARDO’S OPENS PENKRIDGE STORE

Children’s charity Barnardo’s has opened a fundraising shop in Penkridge, Staffordshire, London & Cambridge Properties (LCP) has announced.

The shop at Unit 7a, Boscomoor Shopping Centre, Wolverhampton Road, opened after the charity agreed a 10-year lease with LCP, which manages the nine-store site.

The 1,004 sq ft property is the seventh store that Barnardo’s has opened in an LCP property in the past 12 months. Andrew Allen at LWE Commercial Property Advisers represented the charity during the negotiations.

Jo Salmon, retail portfolio manager at LCP, said: “We have a close relationship with Barnardo’s, having worked with the charity for a number of years accommodating their property requirements, within our portfolio. We are pleased to have been able to help yet again so that it can continue its fundraising efforts.”

Other stores at Boscomoor Shopping Centre, include: The Co-operative and Flaming Grill.