AN opening date has been announced for The Range's new store in Greenock.

The Tele can exclusively reveal that the big name home, leisure and garden store will open on April 10 - Good Friday.

A spokeswoman for the company said: "We actually only got confirmation today of the opening date on Wednesday for our new Greenock store.

"We are happy to share this good news with the Telegraph's readers first.

"Our new venture is planned to begin trading at 9am on Good Friday, 10 April."

Occupying the former Homebase outlet on West Shaw Street, bosses say the new store will also have a 'complete Iceland foods offering', as well as a modern cafe and a garden centre.

Bosses at the major retailer say the new Greenock store will create 80 jobs for the area.

Chris Dawson, founder of The Range, said he was excited to see the transformation in the premises after major investment in the site.

He said: "After an exciting year of store openings, we are really looking forward to growing the business further with many more new stores in 2020.

"It's fantastic that we have been able to transform the former Homebase in Greenock into another national retailer and add yet another branch to our expanding Scottish portfolio.

"We expect the job provision that comes with the new store to be a great boost to the Inverclyde area."

The Greenock branch will be the company's 15th store opening in Scotland since the brand launched in Glasgow in 2013.

It currently has more than 180 outlets across the the UK and Ireland.

Founder Mr Dawson started out as a market stall trader in the south west of England, opening his first store in Plymouth in 1989 under the brand name of CDS.