ONE of Stane Retail Park’s final units could be set to house a well-known card manufacturer later this year.

The Card Factory, which sells gift dressings and party products as well as greetings cards, is currently advertising vacancies for a store manager and deputy manager at Stane Retail Park’s unit 6a, which is one of the Colchester development’s final shopping spaces.

The vacancy was posted on the Card Factory’s website on Friday, with the application deadline set for Sunday, September 10.

The salary for the store manager is advertised at £27,500 per year, with the deputy manager role salary advertised at £11.13 per hour.

The store is expected to open in October, though an official announcement has not yet been made by the Card Factory or the Stane Retail Park’s commercial property developers, Churchmanor Estates.

Stane Retail Park, which cost £65 million to build, split its final retail unit into two earlier this year.

The Card Factory is in the midst of an expansion drive, with the Retail Gazette reporting on Friday the business has opened its first store in Abu Dhabi.

The Investors Chronicle also reported earlier this year the Card Factory’s sales had been boosted by improved footfall.