Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley
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00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.
00:03 Overwhelming interest from potential buyers will see Chesterfield's iconic Ayres Furniture
00:08 Store building go to the highest bidder this week.
00:12 The Holywall Street premises went on the market for £650,000 in July, just over a year after
00:18 the store shut its doors for the last time.
00:21 Commercial property agency Innis England has confirmed that the huge interest in the premises
00:26 will result in the sale going to the best bids on Friday at noon.
00:30 Nick Hoskin, who is director at Innis England and is handling the sale said "It's no
00:35 surprise that interest has been so high.
00:37 The Ayres Furniture business has been a well-known feature in Chesterfield Centre for longer
00:41 than anyone can remember.
00:43 The building is a prominent landmark, offering large footplates with potential for a variety
00:48 of uses and is well located in the heart of the town.
00:51 The premises have the potential for a wide range of purposes if the proper investment
00:56 is put in, with the space itself being well suited for uses such as retail, healthcare,
01:01 a restaurant, office or even residential apartments.
01:06 The town centre business owed millions of pounds to staff, customers, the banks and
01:09 HMRC when it closed down in April 2022 after 147 years of trading in the town.
01:18 A coffee house chain is set to open a new business in Chesterfield, replacing Pizza
01:22 Pie.
01:24 Company number one will be moving to Vicar Lane and is seeking staff to fill the roles
01:27 of store manager and assistant store manager for its upcoming location.
01:32 This comes after Pizza Pie Ltd, the company that owns Pizza Pie, entered liquidation in
01:36 June but told the Derbyshire Times the restaurant would remain open after it was bought by a
01:40 different company.
01:42 Ricky Marples, who used to own Pizza Pie Pizzeria Ltd, said at the time that the restaurant
01:47 had been bought by Infinity Pizza Ltd and would remain open while the former team would
01:50 run the venue.
01:52 Ricky added this week "We've got a few venues that we are halfway in the process
01:56 of finalising.
01:57 We're not sure we're going to have a venue open by the time this one shuts but we're
02:00 working on that.
02:01 We have a good reputation, a good brand and there are plenty of landlords that want us."
02:07 Cafe Number One, which is majority owned by Cafe Nero, said it hopes to open its Chesterfield
02:11 branch later this year, creating around 10 jobs.