The new Poundland store opened on Augustin Retail Park
Poundland opened its new store in Grantham on Saturday, December 5, bringing customers amazing choice and value.
The new 6,662 sq ft store at the Augustin Retail Park, in a former Home Bargains store, will employ 12 staff plus five temporary recruits for the Christmas period.
Poundland’s investment is a sign of confidence in the future of Grantham and its readiness to play a big part in the community in the months and years ahead. It complements the existing nearby store in the Isaac Newton Centre.
It means Poundland can offer customers in Grantham an even wider range of items, including daily essentials, groceries, household products and health and beauty, plus Christmas items such as decorations, lights, cards and treats.
Part of the new store will be devoted to PEP&CO’s popular fashion for the whole family and the new PEP&CO Home range that was launched in summer featuring items from chic ornaments to trendy throws.
It will also feature Poundland’s chilled and frozen food range of more than 400 items, from pizzas and pies to cheeseburgers and ice-cream, which by Christmas will have been rolled out to 119 stores as part of “Project Diamond Ice”.
Poundland retail director Austin Cooke said: “We’ve been part of the retail community in Grantham for many years and we’re delighted to be opening the new store which means we can welcome even more customers through our doors and offer them even more choice.
“We want to help people get in the mood for the festive season and like everyone else we’re looking forward to Christmas bringing some well-deserved cheer after such a challenging year.”
Like all Poundland stores, Poundland Augustin Retail Park will operate to the highest standards of hygiene and safety, including barrier screens at checkouts and thorough cleaning regimes applied across the day. Customers are asked to observe official guidelines on social distancing and wearing masks.
The openings come as a Channel 4 TV documentary, “Inside Poundland: Secrets from the Shop Floor”, is due to air on Monday, December 7 and which follows the biggest transformation in Poundland’s 30-year history through investment in new stores, revamps and new ranges.
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Marc Jones, the re-elected Conservative Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said that his work is not done, as he’s looking forward to a further three years in the role.
Mr Jones won with a 57.9% majority of the poll from the first round of counting, with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout. A total of 177,528 votes were placed county-wide.
The nearest candidate was Labour’s Rosanne Kirk, with a 19% share of the votes, with Lincolnshire Independent David Williams securing the third spot with 10%.
The breakdown of the votes cast on Thursday, May 6, and counted on Saturday, may 8, was:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Marc Jones: “More work to do”
“It’s very gratifying to have concluded today on the first count, that was a really positive thing for what I’ve delivered so far,” said Mr Jones.
“But I’m under no illusions having spoken to many around the county there’s an awful lot more work to do.”
He said he wanted to assure the public that “nothing was taken for granted”.
Rosie Kirk – Labour – 2nd place
Labour’s candidate Rosie Kirk said she was “thrilled for her party” across all three elections that had taken place in Lincolnshire this week.
“The votes that we got was incredible. Our message got through and to actually come second in a Conservative county is really great,” she said.
However, she added that there were “lots of questions that still need to be asked” and promised to keep up her scrutiny of Marc in his role.
Ross Pepper – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat candidate Ross Pepper said the result was not “entirely unexpected”.
However, he said he was proud of the three Liberal Democrat councillors that had won seats in the local elections at Lincolnshire County and City of Lincoln Councils.
“I’m ready to work with them for a better Lincolnshire and a better Lincoln,” he said.
“In a Conservative heavy county we did a really good job of getting the Liberal Democrat message out there… and we continue pushing that message through local campaigning in the future.”
David Williams – Lincolnshire Independents
David Williams, the Lincolnshire Independents PCC candidate congratulated Marc Jones on his victory but said it is “not a surprising outcome”.
“I’m really pleased to have run for the post, because if I hadn’t have had a go to do a job that I really would have relished then I would have looked back and regretted not having taking the opportunity.”
Peter Escreet – Reform UK
Peter Escreet, the Reform UK candidate also said the result “was as expected” but actually he was “pleasantly surprised,” saying that this is “just the start”.
“The real campaign is in three years’ time” where Mr Escreet wants to grow a majority.
Conservative Marc Jones has been re-elected to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner role.
He won from the first round of counting with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout.
The PCC oversees the strategy and finances of the force, and also hires and fires chief constables, who are responsible for the daily policing operations.
Mr Jones will be in the position for three years.
The breakdown of the results is:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Here’s the live result announcement, the reactions and acceptance speech:
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