A new supermarket - which is expected to create hundreds of jobs in Braintree - could be open by February.

Retail giant Tesco is building the store in Coggeshall Road, Braintree, and they hope it will be open by the end of spring.

Up to 225 full and part-time jobs could be created at the store, which is being built on the south side of A120, near the Marks Farm roundabout.

And Tesco has promised to recruit local people to fill the positions.

By Martin Buxton

Reporter's e-mail: martin_buxton@thisisessex.co.uk

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