An announcement is due to be made on Monday morning about the future of the former Woolworths store on Moorland Road in Bath.

Traders in the area have seen activity over the last week in the shop which closed in January after more than 40 years of business.

The premises, which is owned by a private pension fund, has been linked to all manner of high street retailers.

A spokesman for Alder King, the Bristol-based agent marketing the property, said a deal was likely to be completed by Monday which would see the introduction of a ‘well known brand’ into Moorland Road.