WREN Kitchens has opened a showroom at Elgar Retail Park, bringing 14 new jobs to the city.

The brand new showroom was opened this morning by the Mayor of Worcester, Jo Hodges.

A spokesman for Wren Kitchen’s said: “We are celebrating the opening of our 93rd UK showroom with a visit from the Mayor.

“We want to do our bit for the local community, and so we have donated £500 to the Mayor’s charity, Worcester Community Trust. A local charity which has provided food packages to those who need them during the pandemic.

“We want to say thank you to the community for welcoming us. We are here to help Worcester in any way we can. By just opening this showroom we will create 14 jobs for the local area in retail, design and surveying.”

This is welcome news for the city as it was reported yesterday benefit claimants in Worcester have doubled since the start of the pandemic.

The Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) says the number of people claiming Universal Credit rose from 4,011 to 8,145 between March and June.

Cllr Hodges said: "The fact that this has bought so many jobs to the area is fantastic.They are hiring local people from Worcester as well, so that is great.

"I was given a full tour of the showroom. It is very impressive. This is the 93rd showroom Wren have opened so they are obviously a successful and reliable employee.

"In fact they had 26 appointments from people wanting to look at kitchens today, proving they are already a valuable edition to Blackpole.

Worcester Showroom manager, Mark Fruin said: “We’re so excited to be officially opening our doors in Worcester.

“The new showroom boasts 56 full size kitchen displays, an appliance studio showcasing major appliance brands, a new flooring area displaying a range of complementary luxury laminate flooring materials and colours and an interior design studio.

“Together with an expert designer, customers can visualise their dream kitchen using Wren’s award winning dual screen 3D software and panoramas as well as experiencing their new space in stunning Virtual Reality in a dedicated VR studio.

“We look forward to bringing our years of design experience to the local area and helping customers deign their dream .”