Nando's and Costa to open new Walsall outlets
Two big high street names have unveiled plans to open new outlets in Walsall town centre, creating dozens of jobs.
Restaurant chain Nando's is planning to open a restaurant at the Crown Wharf Shopping Park.
Coffee giant Costa is looking to open a second shop in the town. It has earmarked part of the former Clinton cards premises in the Saddlers
Shopping Centre for a £200,000 investment, creating four full-time and six part-time jobs.
Both companies have submitted planning applications to the council.
Nando's wants to transform the former Pizza Hut restaurant at the Crown Wharf, which closed in November.
A council spokesman said it would be a "shot in the arm" for the town.