The seventh in a series of new stores has opened up at a north Essex retail centre.

Crew Clothing Company has launched a new outlet at Braintree Village.

The classic British casualwear store sells a range of items from rugby shirts and casual polos to smart suits.

It’s the seventh brand to open a store at the site this year, joining kate spade new york, The Cornish Bakery, Jack & Jones, Calvin Klein and Summerhouse Aromatherapy.

MORE – Halfords to recruit hundreds of MOT testersThe Crew Clothing brand – which will be located close to a Polo Ralph Lauren outlet – was founded 25 years ago.

Braintree Village said it was “excited” to welcome its latest tenant.

Since reopening in June, it has introduced a number of safety measures to keep shoppers safe including hand sanitiser points throughout the centre, a one way system and capacity monitoring to ensure social distancing can be maintained, and signs to remind guests to keep the required distance apart.