TK?Maxx in frame for Bentley Bridge site

Clothing retailer TK Maxx is in the frame to open a two-storey shop on a Wolverhampton business park after plans for an Asda Living fell through.

The company is in talks to open a shop in November taking on a 17,000 sq ft building next door to Dreams bed shop at Bentley Bridge in Wednesfield.

It comes after planners at Wolverhampton City Council agreed to a 16,000 sq ft mezzanine floor for the empty shop and relaxed rules that limited the store to only selling "bulky" goods like furniture.

TK Maxx today said it was too early to comment. But workers at the site, who are currently preparing for the arrival of shop fitters within the next month, confirmed the new tenant's identity.

It is also not known what effect, if any, this will have on the company's two-storey shop in the Wulfrun Centre.