{"id":213728,"date":"2025-06-25T17:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213728\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:43:11","slug":"200-year-old-high-street-staple-is-returning-to-uk-in-major-retail-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/213728\/","title":{"rendered":"200-year-old high street staple is returning to UK in major retail boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 200-year-old British department store is set to return to the high street after shutting earlier this year.\"200-year-old200-year-old high street staple is returning to UK in major retail boost<\/p>\n

A 200-year-old high street institution is returning to the UK. Jolly’s, in central Bath, will reopen in Spring 2026<\/a> after being taken on by Morleys Stores Ltd, which currently owns seven UK stores.<\/p>\n

The 200-year-old British department store is set to return to the high street after shutting earlier this year. Councillor Mark Elliott, cabinet member for Resources, said:<\/a> \u201cWe are investing significantly in restoration of the building so it can continue to benefit future generations of Bath residents and visitors.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll be taking a very active interest in progress as work is carried out to preserve the historic fabric of this flagship building.”<\/p>\n

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Allan Winstanley, chief executive of Morleys, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that work is underway restoring Jolly\u2019s to its former glory.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re extremely proud to be another step closer to taking stewardship of Jolly\u2019s and creating a world class shopping experience for the people of Bath and its many visitors.”<\/p>\n

Grant Jefferies, managing director of Bray and Slaughter, added: “Growing up near Bath, Jolly\u2019s has been a constant presence on Milsom Street during my life and to have the opportunity to showcase our technical skills and deliver a project which will secure a future for the site is a challenge my colleagues and I are proud to be entrusted with.”<\/p>\n

The British Retail Consortium has predicted that the Treasury’s hike to employer NICs from April 2025, will cost the retail sector \u00a32.3billion.<\/p>\n

The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year.<\/p>\n

Jolly’s in Bath has been a fixture in the city since 1823 and has been run by House of Fraser since the 1970s, but the company is now pulling out.<\/p>\n

General manager Jess Merritt-Johns said: “Some people have been here for 40 years, for them it’s the hardest of all as it’s the only job they have ever known.”<\/p>\n

Ms Merritt-Johns recently organised a reverse recruitment day, where local businesses were invited into the shop to meet staff looking for work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 200-year-old British department store is set to return to the high street after shutting earlier this year.200-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-213728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114745246290245245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}