There is slightly less of an open all hours touch to Marks & Spencer’s £80m flagship store at Cheshire Oaks.

Two and a half years on from its star-studded launch by actress Joanna Lumley, the 10pm weeknight closing is no longer.

The store revealed in the run up to the new year that opening times from early January would be cut back to 9am to 8pm Mondays to Wednesdays with 9pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Saturday would remain at 8pm.

Leeds-based agents cite lower late evening footfall for the new hours.

They point out 8pm closing is in line with the Cheshire Oaks designer outlet and The Coliseum retail park.