Hays Travel's Coronation Street branch to open its doors next week

Viewers will catch their first glimpse of the store on Monday 4 December following the announcement in May of Hays’ tie-in with the world’s longest-running TV soap. Since then, a storefront has been produced, and keen viewers may have spotted a "coming soon" hoarding, which went up in late-October.

Dame Irene Hays recently visited the Coronation Street set where she met Peter Fergusson, ITV business development controller, and Anthony Privilege, branch manager of Hays Travel Prescot – who has been selected to be "honorary manager" of Hays Travel Weatherfield.

"Our thanks to the team at ITV who worked with our in-house property team on our shop’s design and production," said Dame Irene. "The on-set branch had to look just like all our Hays Travel shops on high streets across the UK; we are proud of the finished result and look forward to seeing it on TV in December.”