THE new Lidl store in Wellington is to open in a month's time.

Banners have been attached to the fencing around the site off the Cades Farm roundabout announcing it will welcome its first customers on Thursday, March 23.

The banners say: "Drum roll please, opens Thurs 23 March."

Leaflets had recently been delivered to homes in the area saying the discount supermarket would start trading from February 23.

But a spokesperson for the company said that had been "an administrative error" and new leaflets with the correct date are being published.

Lidl had originally planned to open ahead of Christmas last year, but then put the opening date back to the spring.

It is expected the foodstore will create around 40 full and part time jobs.

Permission for the store was granted by Somerset West and Taunton Council planners in January last year.

The County Gazette has contacted Lidl for a comment.