The fashion retailer New Look has become the latest fashion brand to sign up to Newport’s development, Friars Walk shopping centre.

New Look will be joining retailers and leisure operators such as Debenhams, Next, Topshop and Cineworld, as well restaurant chains Nandos, Frankie & Benny’s and Prezzo.

With construction work on Friars Walk shopping centre beginning earlier this year, the shopping centre will include 35 retail units, 10 restaurants, 360 parking spaces and a major new bus station and interchange.

Stuart Harris, commercial director and co-founder at Queensberry, the company that is developing the site said: “New Look are one of the leading fast fashion retailers and are a great addition to our line up at Friars Walk. We have deals agreed with several other high profile retailers which we will announce over the course of the next few months.”

The 10,000 sq ft store will be opening the same time as the shopping centre which launches in autumn 2015 and will create and estimated 1,200 jobs.