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Former Argos store in Colwyn Bay to become Covid job centre

DWP wants the building in the Bay View Shopping Centre - with plans for work coaches to help get people back into jobs

Argos(Image: Shared Content Unit)

A former Argos store is set to become a ‘overflow’ job centre focused on getting people back to work after the pandemic.

The Argos store in the Bay View Shopping Centre in Colwyn Bay closed last spring and has been empty since then.

But now Instant Managed Offices have applied to turn the unit into a new job centre.

It would be run by the Department of Work and Pensions to assist those impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

A planning statement said: “The proposed change of use will support the local economy through the provision of job support, largely aimed at those who have been affected by the Covid pandemic.”

It will be an appointment only facility with work coaches for people attending.

They said it would also help fill a vacant unit with a significant investment planned at the site.