Primark creates 100 new jobs in Newbury

Primark reveals its highly anticipated Newbury store is set to open in April 2025 as the retailer begins recruiting for 100 new jobs.

Primark is preparing to open the doors of its new store at Newbury’s Parkway Shopping centre in April and is kicking off its recruitment of store colleagues from today as it gets ready for the big day.

The 25,000 sq. ft store is set over two floors, where customers will be able to shop products across clothing, kidswear, beauty, lifestyle and home.

While the exact opening date will be confirmed nearer the time, the retailer is starting recruitment of 100 new team members for a variety of roles including retail assistants, stockroom colleagues, and P&C administrators.

Pay rates for all roles start from £12.00 per hour, while all colleagues enjoy a year-round 15% discount on Primark products, as well as other benefits such as an employee assistance programme and pension package. Whatever the role, Primark has plenty of training programmes in place to help successful candidates develop a career in retail within the business and beyond.

Each role plays an important part in creating a fantastic store experience. As a retail assistant, day to day responsibilities vary from restocking the sales floor to serving customers at the tills, while stockroom colleagues are responsible for processing all deliveries in and out of the stockroom. Interested applicants can find more detail on vacancies and how to apply at careers.primark.com.

Primark Newbury, store manager Cian Gough, said: “I’m excited to be building our Primark Newbury team up from scratch with 100 new retail roles now available – there’s lots of opportunity for people to build a great career in retail here at Primark and we welcome a wide variety of candidates to apply. As we edge closer to our opening in April, we know this will be a brilliant moment for local shoppers and we’re really looking forward to joining Newbury’s thriving high street. We’ll be sharing more details about our opening plans very soon, so keep an eye out!”

Parkway Shopping Centre Manager, Andrew Marmot, said: “Excitement is building as we move closer to the opening of the hotly anticipated new Primark store at Parkway. Our shoppers will be thrilled to enjoy their fantastic fashion, home and beauty offer and Primark will perfectly complement our strong line-up of major retail brands. It’s great that they are creating so many new jobs for Newbury – and we look forward to welcoming their new team into the Parkway family.”