First project fully complete in Staffordshire town's regeneration programme

 Tamworth Borough Council handed over the renovated building on Market Street, which replicates the original Georgian style of the building, to Nationwide Building Society in July 2024, so they could complete the shop front and interior fit.

Leader of the Council, Carol Dean said: “It’s so good to see this wonderful property completed,

“While other parts of our town centre transformation are also nearly complete, the opening of the building society is a significant milestone, as the first of our regeneration projects to be fully complete. 

“With Nationwide Building Society in their new home, we’ll demolish their former building which was built in the 1960s to create a more open and wider footbridge connecting the town and castle grounds.”

Emma Cotterill, Senior Branch Manager at Nationwide in Tamworth, said: “The Nationwide team and I are so happy to reopen in a fresh space in town with a new improved branch, just over the street from our old location. 

"There’s been a Nationwide branch in Tamworth for over 50 years – since 1973 – and with this new investment, branch service is here to stay on the high street in Tamworth.”

Other sites of the council’s transformation plans continue to progress well. The work to restore the new enterprise centre for small businesses in the original 19th century former Co-operative building on Colehill, being nearly complete, with the aim of opening in the coming months. 

Anyone interested in locating to this wonderful historic building can enquire at Tamworth-EnterpriseCentre@tamworth.gov.uk. 

Tamworth Borough Council’s ambitious £21million regeneration plan to transform the town centre into the busy, thriving heart of the community continue, delivering a new enterprise centre in the original 19th Century former Co-operative building on Colehill. 

Other projects include restoration and refurbishment of the historic vacant properties on Market Street (opposite Peel Café) and creating a wider footbridge into the castle grounds as well as  new flexible, multi-use building for independent small businesses, near Middle Entry and the Town Hall.

There are also public realm works that will link all the projects together. Additionally, South Staffordshire College is progressing with building a new college facility replacing the demolished 1960s part of the Co-op building. 

The Leader of the Council, added: "It is so good to finally see projects completed or very nearly complete, there have been many years of work behind the scenes to reach this point, and I’m glad local people can see the plans progressing.

“Throughout the regeneration work and inevitable disruption to the town, I want to reassure residents and visitors that the town and market are still very much active, and I’d urge everyone to continue to support our local businesses and shop, socialise and visit the town centre.”