Six more independent businesses make the move to The Piece Hall in Halifax

The Piece Hall, Halifax’s recently restored Grade-I listed building, is welcoming the arrival six more independent retail businesses.

These businesses now join the lineup of twenty shops, cafes and bars already at home in former cloth hall, which underwent a multi-million pound transformation.

Shops selling books, gifts, soaps and scents as well as a local salon are the newest businesses to move into The Piece Hall in the coming weeks.

The Book Corner and Bookworms will be two separate book shops, joined by an archway. The 490 sq ft Bookworms will specialise in children’s books, while The Book Corner (which will also occupy a 490 sq ft space), will stock a mix of general fiction, non-fiction and stationery products.

John Fellows and Kevin Hathaway have spent the last 12 years developing Mystical and Magical, an online shop that specialises in cultural gifts and ephemera. The partners recently realised that they were going to need more space and decided that if they were expanding, they would like to include a physical presence on the high street to sell their mix of gifts, jewellery and miscellaneous homewares.

Also making the move into The Piece Hall is hair salon Christian Scott. The new salon will be taking 490 sq ft space on the top Colonnade level of The Piece Hall.

Specialists in entertainment and sporting memorabilia, OnlineAuthentic will open a second business - a new 490 sq ft gallery style space on the Rustic level to add to their existing shop in Cleckheaton.

Already operating on six high streets across the region is the Yorkshire Soap Company. Established in 2004, the Hebden Bridge-based company’s newest 588 sq ft shop in The Piece Hall will be opening in October.

Nicky Chance-Thompson, chief executive of The Piece Hall Trust, said: “Since opening on 1st August we have attracted footfall of over a quarter of a million, with visitors attracted by the retail, heritage, leisure and events offer that is helping us to become a leading destination for the North of England.

“This second phase of tenants means we are now 60% full and we are busy working our way through the hundreds of lettings enquiries to hand pick the right retail partners to offer shoppers and visitors an eclectic mix of experiences that will make their trip to The Piece Hall truly memorable and more importantly one that simply can’t be found elsewhere.

“I offer a warm welcome to these new businesses joining us this autumn and look forward to announcing more tenants very soon.”

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