A FORMER print works in one of the main routes into Worcester has been knocked down to make way for the city’s new Waitrose.
Builders were on site this week demolishing the former Ebenezer Baylis building in London Road in the first stage of work to build the new 40,000 sq ft supermarket.
Planning permission was granted in July last year for the £20 million store, which is expected to open next summer and create 240 new jobs.
Although some have expressed concerns around the impact on traffic on London Road – which is one of the main routes in and out of Worcester – Waitrose has said it looked closely at the impact on the road before submitting its application.
The print works closed in 2008 after Goodman Bayliss – which was formed by the merger of Ebenezer Baylis and Son of Worcester and John Goodman and Sons of Birmingham – went under, with the loss of about 115 jobs.
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