A £70m investment into a new a 1m sq ft regional distribution centre to serve 400 new stores across southern England is to be created at Solstice Park on the A303, on the outskirts of Amesbury near Stonehenge.

Retailer TJ Morris Ltd, which trades as Home Bargains, will build the distribution centre creating 1,200 jobs plus a regional development centre.

Joe Morris, TJ Morris' Operations Director, said: "Solstice Park in central southern England is the ideal location for our new regional distribution centre; 98% of the south of England can be reached within a 4.5-hour
HGV drive time.

"We make no secret of our ambition to grow to 700 stores over the next five years, which is why Home Bargains needs to be at Solstice Park.

"Hundreds of additional jobs are also being created locally through construction, fit-out and support services, as well as the 1,200-plus
people who will be employed at this exceptional facility in southern England. Home Bargains will also need hundreds of new employees
for our new stores."

Solstice Park is a 160-acre, mixed-use business park with roadside and leisure facilities.