Marks & Spencer to close store in landmark shopping centre

A Marks & Spencer store located in a landmark Swindon shopping centre is to close.

The department store has started a consultation on closing the two-floor premises located in the Brunel Centre on Regent Street.

A statement from the company said it was unclear about whether there will be redundancies.

It said: “We appreciate that this will be disappointing news for some.

“Our priority now is to talk to our colleagues about what this announcement means for them and wherever possible, offer them alternative roles with M&S.”

There are other M&S stores within Swindon including at the Orbital centre, at the Designer Outlet and the M&S Foodhall in Mannington Retail Park.

The company has plans to work with British Land to invest money into the development of the Orbital M&S.

Neil Enoch, M&S regional manager, said: “Shopping habits are changing, so we’re rotating our store estate to make sure we have the right stores to offer customers a brilliant shopping experience.

“As part of this transformation, we have today announced to colleagues our proposal to close our M&S Swindon store at 81 Regent Street.”