Poundland to create 65 Teesside jobs with opening of largest UK store

Just days after opening its biggest store in the UK in Nottingham, Poundland today confirmed it plans to open a second, even larger, store in the North East on February 26, thus creating 65 local jobs.

The new Poundland at Teesside Park in Stockton-on-Tees will open next Saturday, and at 19,000 square feet will be over three-times the size of an average 6,000 sq ft Poundland store.

Like Nottingham, the new Teesside Park will bring a closed clothing store back to life. But in a departure from Nottingham, the store will be on two levels with a massive PEP&CO clothing and home department on a 5,500 sq ft mezzanine floor accessed by an escalator and a lift.

PEP&CO has become one of the top 20 clothing retailers in the UK in less than seven years since its launch, with this latest location including the latest 2022 ranges, with new kitchen storage options, bathroom accessories and soft furnishings. There will also be a range of Silentnight bedding and a selection of Addis homeware.

The wider than usual range of health and beauty products will include a dedicated Rimmel cosmetics display. At the food-to-go area at the front of the store customers can pick up a takeaway coffee from a Lavazza self-serve bar, and snacks and pastries from the Poundbakery.

Austin Cooke, Poundland’s retail and transformation director, said: “We’re looking forward to bringing the best Poundland in Britain to Teesside. Our first store on this scale – in Nottingham –wowed customers who couldn’t believe how amazing the newest and best version of Poundland was, and we can’t wait to bring the same wow experience and range to the North East.”

The Teesside Park store will be complementary to Poundland’s existing store in Stockton-on-Tees which opened two years ago. Poundland was one of the first retailers to move from the Castlegate shopping centre to the top end of town, in support of the Council’s regeneration plans for Stockton.