Carmarthen shopping centre celebrates success
Carmarthen's newest shopping centre has smashed all expectations and forged its way to the top of the UK shopping league. Shops and restaurants at the £70 million St Catherine’s Walk are among the best performing in the country. Latest figures show that Debenhams restaurant was the second busiest in the UK for a day in August – beaten only by the company’s flagship store in Oxford Street. Apollo Cinema was the second busiest in Wales on July 12 and on May 31 Frankie and Benny’s was the third busiest UK branch. On June 7 Costa Coffee was the most successful branch in the whole of Wales and the South West. The centre has attracted over 150,000 visitors every week since it opened, hitting 180,000 on a number of occasions. Shops have celebrated record takings and demand for restaurant places have seen customers queuing for up to an hour. Delighted regeneration chiefs say the news is proof of Carmarthen’s position as a premier shopping and leisure destination. Carmarthenshire County Cou...