Midsomer Norton High Street has received some welcome news, with discount retailer Proper Job announcing plans to open a new store in the former Poundland premises at 38 High Street.
The new Proper Job store is due to open in early 2027.
Proper Job confirmed the news on its Facebook page this week, stating: “We are delighted to announce that we will soon be opening a new store in Midsomer Norton!”
The company added that it was looking forward to bringing Proper Job to the local community and welcoming customers through its doors.
Proper Job has confirmed that its existing Radstock branch will remain open.
The announcement follows the recent closure of Poundland, which opened in December 2023 in the former M&Co premises.
The announcement will be welcome news for Midsomer Norton High Street, which has experienced a spate of shop closures in recent months, including Dog Lover’s Cafe, Keith Ingram and Son Shoes, Pure Taste and Out of Asia.
However, while Proper Job’s arrival will bring a prominent retail premises back into use and potentially create new jobs, it will also introduce additional competition for the town’s existing hardware, DIY and discount retailers.
Proper Job is a family-run discount and DIY retailer which began in Cornwall during the 1980s and later moved to Weston-super-Mare, where it operated as a wholesaler before opening its first Proper Job retail store in 1997.
Since then, the company has expanded across the South West, with around 20 stores. Its headquarters and distribution operation are based in Nailsea.
