Good news on the employment front - Poundland has created 24 new jobs in Doncaster with the opening of its 200th store.
While this doesn't go far in negating the potential loss of 30,000 announced earlier in the week, this is clearly fantastic news and therefore worthy of a press release. So thanks to Bottle PR for that.
To mark this exciting event, Poundland drafted in Coronation's Street Antony Cotton to cut the ribbon and declare Poundland Doncaster ‘well and truly' open.
Does this opening of another ‘everything for a quid' shop in south Yorkshire mark the sign of those much-loved ‘green shoots' of journalistic cliche? The expectant world awaits your judgement Mr Peston.
I rather fear it isn't however otherwise Alistair Darling would have done the deed.
