Solstice Park restaurant will create new jobs
02 December 2005

About 40 new jobs will be created next year with the opening of a new Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant and 'drive thru' at Solstice Park, Amesbury.

Contractors have started work in the 82-seat covered restaurant and drive-thru, which is being built on a site adjoining the A303.

It is intended that the new restaurant will be complete by March 2006.

Marketing executive for Solstice Park Alexandra Spencer said: "KFC will provide further job opportunities for Amesbury and surrounding villages and we foresee that another 40 jobs will be created by KFC alone."

In October, the Somerfield petrol station and Essential's convenience store, and the Amesbury Archer restaurant opened, and construction of a new Pizza Hut restaurant is well under way, with its opening planned for April 2006.

Marion Saddler, general manager at the Amesbury Archer, said trading had exceeded expectations, and to meet demand, more staff had had to be employed and additional catering equipment installed.

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From the Amesbury Journal

Date of issue: 02 December 2005