John Lewis to launch a huge new department store at Birmingham New Street station

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One of Britain’s most renowned high street retailers, John Lewis, has announced it plans to launch a huge new department store at Birmingham New Street station.

Says David Higgins, chief executive of Network Rail, ‘Network Rail is helping to rebuild Birmingham by transforming New Street. The project is about much more than simply redeveloping the station.

‘Today’s deal is a further sign that our plans are critical to the long term success of the city and will create new jobs and help stimulate economic growth. These exciting changes are happening as a direct result of the investment being made to improve Birmingham’s transport infrastructure.’

The new store will directly create 650 new jobs and Birmingham City Council estimates that the store will boost the local economy by over £25 million per annum. All 70,000 permanent staff are Partners who own 32 John Lewis shops across Britain as well as 244 Waitrose supermarkets and a farm.

The Partnership had a turnover of nearly £7.4 billion last year. Partners share in the benefits and profits of the business. Network Rail will construct the new store at the same time as rebuilding New Street.

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