A DATE has been released for the opening of Colchester’s newest branch of Superdrug at Stane Retail Park later this month.

The beauty and health retailer will open its new store on Thursday, September 22, where it will employ 20 members of staff.

The Superdrug in Colchester High Street is to remain open despite the hew branch commencing operations across town.

The Stane Park Superdrug will have longer opening hours than its High Street counterpart, however, with the store opening at 9am and closing at 8pm from Monday to Friday.

It is then open from 9am to 7pm on Saturdays and 11am to 5pm on Sundays.

The new branch of the beauty retailer will offer a beauty studio where customers can receive professional services for eyebrows, eyelashes, piercings, and nails.

Superdrug is another chain to have opened at Stane Retail Park, with Greggs, Marks and Spencer, and Cook all having opened this year.

The property director at Superdrug, Nigel Duxbury, said: “We are so pleased to be announcing the opening of our brand new store in Colchester.

“With a wide range of popular health and beauty brands, a luxury fragrance counter and a professional Beauty Studio, we’re confident that our customers will love the new store.”