ST Mary’s filling station has been bought by the Co-op, which wants to turn the shop there into an En Route store.

The company will take over the garage later this month but customers have been assured that there will be little disruption and that it will be business as normal. However, the company may eventually look to develop the site at St Mary’s Village.

The Co-op said that the purchase of the filling station, store and car wash was part of its plan to increase its retail presence across the Island.

The chief executive of the Channel Islands Co-op, Colin Macleod, said that they were delighted to have bought a site in an area of the Island where it was previously unrepresented.