MARKS & Spencer has begun a revamp of its store in Redditch, creating 15 new jobs for the town.

The store improvements will include a brand new M&S Café, in-store bakery, new customer changing rooms, updated food hall and clothing displays.

The new 50-seat M&S Café will offer customers a wide choice of hot and cold refreshments including Fairtrade tea and coffee served by specially trained baristas. A selection of sandwiches, hand-made baguettes, pastries and cakes will also be available.

The changes will complement the store’s existing offer, with a wider range of fashions for the whole family including the addition of the popular women’s collection, per una.

The new look food hall will feature a brand new in-store bakery making fresh breads and pastries each day as well as quality products, including ready meals, fresh produce, sandwiches, salads, snacks and a range of wines and champagne.

Throughout the store changes, customer disruption will be kept to a minimum and the store will continue to trade as normal.

Amanda Husband, Marks & Spencer Redditch store manager, said: “We are thrilled to be bringing an updated store to Redditch and can’t wait for our shoppers to benefit from the improvements, especially our brand new M&S Café. “There are some fantastic new features and we hope the changes will be a big hit when they are unveiled later this year.”