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Aldi, the award-winning discount food retailer have completed the development of the new Yate Aldi within the Riverside retail & leisure park off the Link Road.
The planned Aldi food store will bring new life to the area and up to 40 new full-time equivalent jobs at industry-leading rates.
Simon Glover, Real Estate Director at Aldi, said:
“We are committed to revitalising this empty site and providing people in Yate and the surrounding areas with access to our award-winning range of low-cost, high-quality products. This new store will not only improve local shopping options but also contribute to the economic growth of the area through job creation.”
The new Yate store is scheduled to open on Friday 12th December 2025 at 9am.
More information is available at http://aldiconsultation.co.uk/yate
Buy One Hour, Get One FreeNational electric vehicle (EV) charging network Be.EV have installed 8 x rapid chargers at Yate Shopping Centre in the main car park off Station Road.
South Gloucestershire has one of the lowest percentages of EV chargers in the UK, now complete – the Yate hub will provide a huge boost to the region’s charging provisions.
The chargers will offer EV drivers visiting the centre a location to quickly charge their vehicles on long journeys, as well as benefit shoppers and the local community.
The centre will be equipped with ultra-rapid Kempower chargers (up to 150kW), which can add up to 165 miles of range in a short 20-minute stop – a solution that matches the site’s customer dwell time.
The chargers also feature unique dynamic load-balancing abilities, meaning they can intelligently distribute power between vehicles according to capacity and demand.
This gives drivers a better charging experience when a location gets busy, and allows for more charging bays at locations with the same amount of available power.
Be.EV is one of the fastest-growing EV charge point operators (CPO) in the UK. The network is majority-owned by Octopus Energy Generation.
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A new high end elite multi-sports, games and leisure venue will open in Yate Shopping Centre in mid-October.
Maxi Lounge, based in South Walk, is a new addition to the competitive socialising sector, one of the fastest growing trends in the hospitality industry. It will offer users the opportunity to play snooker, billiards, various forms of pool and darts, all on a play-by-hour basis along with exhibition matches and ‘kids clubs’ with coaching at weekends.
Matt Lancaster, (from Lyde Green) founder and Director of the Maxi Lounge, said:
“We are introducing a new element of leisure to the area as currently no town in South Gloucestershire has any serious leisure venues. In addition, we will be offering a varied and unique catering facility with licensed facilities, which will appeal to a very wide range of people of all ages”.
Andrew Lowrey, Yate Shopping Centre Manager:
“We are thrilled to be able to accommodate such an exciting project as Maxi Lounge. It requires a lot of space to include all elements of the proposals and we are fortunate to have the former Job Centre of sufficient size to suit their requirements”.
Maxi Lounge will occupy two floors with professional quality snooker tables, imported from China, on the upper floor and laid out for exhibition matches. Downstairs will feature a wide range of competitive socialising games including all electronic scoring darts; augmented reality darts; shuffleboard tables; various pool tables, including six ‘Blackball’, two American nine-ball, and one of the fastest growing cue sports in Asia, a Chinese ‘Heyball’ eight-ball pool table.
A Director of Sport will be appointed to overlook all the activities and qualified coaches will be on hand to give private lessons.
There will be two giant televisions and many smaller ones located on both floors featuring current sporting events, especially snooker and other cue ball championships.
Matt: “The Lounge will be very much a family atmosphere with no age limit but children U12 must be accompanied by an adult and after 9pm children U18 will have to be accompanied by an adult. One of our main non-sporting features will be the unique catering offer which has been tied-in with five local established businesses.”
“Each business will rotate on a weekly basis offering varied menus for lunch and dinner. The Lounge is fully licensed with 16 local and national beers on tap, both mainstream and independent, suppliers.”
The Maxi Lounge will be very much a family affair with Matt running the business on a day-to-day basis, with support from his wife Cat and his main partner, Nick Hawkins, who is part owner of the Supreme Sports Lounge in St Philips, Bristol.
Matt has been playing in the Bristol Snooker League for 30 seasons and has been trying to open a snooker club for the last eight years.
Matt continues: “The current Maxi Lounge Team is the Number One team in the Bristol District Area involving several professional players and we hope that in due course we will get a steady stream of new talent joining us even, hopefully, the next Judd Trump!”.
Aldi, the award-winning discount food retailer, is excited to announce plans for a new food store at Riverside Retail Park in Yate.
The proposal, which is being delivered with the retail park owner Northdale Asset Management, would transform the building that was once home to Cineworld, following the cinema chain’s decision to close earlier this year.
The planned Aldi food store will bring new life to the area and up to 40 new full-time equivalent jobs at industry-leading rates.
Simon Glover, Real Estate Director at Aldi, said:
“We are committed to revitalising this empty site and providing people in Yate and the surrounding areas with access to our award-winning range of low-cost, high-quality products. This new store will not only improve local shopping options but also contribute to the economic growth of the area through job creation.”
The plans do not involve any substantial changes to the building itself: the main alterations will be some minor changes to the car park, a new entrance/exit lobby and the creation of a new delivery bay in the rear service yard.
Planning application successful, new store scheduled to open Dec 2025
More information is available at http://aldiconsultation.co.uk/yate
On Thursday 28th August, Yate turned 60! And what a party we had! Alongside our pop-up beach, visitors were treated to a host of performances from tribute acts as wide ranging as George Michael to Kylie and Ed Sheeran to Dua Lipa! The crowds sang and danced, and a good time was had by all – especially our lucky prize winners! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of the Yate story for the last 60 years, we have a fabulous community and you make Yate the special place that it is. We can’t wait to see you again soon!
Throughout this summer, join us for a series of celebrations to commemorate our 60th year!
Yate Shopping Centre is pleased to give support to the Chipping Sodbury Lions humanitarian operation to bring Ukrainian refugees from Poland to the United Kingdom.
Also supported by Turners Coachways and the Wootton-under-Edge Lions, the Centre has offered use of an empty unit at 16 North Walk to collect food and medical supplies for delivery to the Kyiv Lions warehouse in Krakow, Poland.
Andrew Lowrey, Yate Shopping Centre Manager, said: “We have already assisted the local Lions in collecting £2,000 in a local fund raising day and are now pleased to be able to help them collect further supplies to go to Eastern Europe and, importantly, bring refugees home to this country.
“The Shopping Centre is always pleased to assist local charities and projects, as best it can and when it is able to. It is an important part of our community contribution. We hope that people will drop by the Unit on Wednesday, 25th and Saturday 28th May to contribute to the cause which will leave Yate on 30th May.
Yate Community Bike Hub is set to launch this Saturday 28th May in Yate Shopping Centre.
With support from the Centre, the Hub is opening a pop-up shop in the Centre’s North Walk to encourage people to get on their bikes this summer. Manned by volunteers from Climate Action Yate and Chipping Sodbury, the hub will host information, events and a volunteer bike workshop to help people learn basic maintenance skills and to refurbish donated bikes for distribution to families in need.
Andrew Lowrey, Yate Shopping Centre Manager, said: “With climate change high on the agenda, it is important that we join forces with Climate Action Yate and Chipping Sodbury to encourage people to take more interest in cycling and even visit the Centre by bike. We have ample secure bicycle racks in the Centre so for every person who uses a bike, it is one less car on the road and less stress on our parking facilities.
“We are pleased to host the project in our unit at 7 North Walk at no cost to them for use as a bike hub, an equivalent donation of £7,000 to their cause. I hope people will take this opportunity to drop by to brush up on their skills or even take a new interest in getting on their bikes!”
Rebecca Bennett, speaking on behalf of the Climate Action Group, said: “We hope to open every Saturday in 7 North Walk between 28th May and July running crafts and children’s activities and generally making a welcoming space where anyone can pop in to find out more about our activities and, importantly, bicycles!
“If people want to get actively involved, we are looking for volunteers to support the hub, both in the refurbishment workshop and front of house greeting people and answering questions so if you have a passion for moving about on two wheels and some time to spare, get in touch”.
Group activities will include:
Free e-bike and cargo bike hire schemes
Bike security, including bike register events with the Neighbourhood Policing team on the 28th May and 9th July
Ideas for getting around without a car, especially if with children or a disability
How to check a bike is ready to ride and where to go to get help from local bike shops if a bike needs fixing.
As part of the Group’s mission to repair and recycle accessories, there will be a kit donation station to match bike related items in good repair such as helmets, clothing and accessories with new homes. They will also be accepting donated bikes in good condition, subject to availability in the Group’s community workshop.
Further information on the Action Group is available on their Facebook page so to keep up to date with news from the Hub go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/434042914180675/ or you can contact them at climateactionycs@gmail.com to get involved.