Jobs created as M&S unveils ‘eco’ store

MORE than 50 jobs are to be created as Marks & Spencer gets ready to unveil its new ‘eco’ store in Sheffield.

The new 12,400 sq ft Simply Food store on Ecclesall Road is due to open in April and contains an extensive range of environmental features, having been constructed on a former brownfield site using sustainable construction techniques.

The company said the store is the first of a number of planned ‘sustainable learning’ stores.

Clem Constantine, director of property and store development, said: “This store represents a big milestone in our sustainable construction programme as we are installing a host of unique technologies and features.

“Each of these sustainable features is remarkable in its own right however, by bringing them all together in one development, something that is rarely done by retailers, we will achieve a whole that is worth far more than the sum of its parts.

“The learnings we have taken from building the store, coupled with those we will make over its lifetime, will help us achieve our goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable major retailer by 2015.”