THE region's only department store has added several new brands as it celebrates its first birthday.

Sandersons opened in September 2016 at the new Fox Valley development at Stocksbridge and has now become a firm favourite with shoppers with a host of new brands joining the store in the past 12 months.

The store prides itself on promoting independent and niche brands as well as uniquely Yorkshire brands. The latest concession to join the line-up is the World of McKee, a new pop up shop and gallery which has opened just in time for the store's first birthday and showcasing the work of the iconic artist Pete McKee.

Hobbs has also taken a concession at the store and Tommy Hilfiger and Guide London are the latest brands to be stocked. Sandersons has also provided the launch pad for a number of new local businesses including Blakes Tea Room, Floral Boutique and the Nail Box who are part of the Sandersons success story.

The company is now taking its unique offering to a new audience as Sandersons enters its second year of trading with a new online store scheduled to launch in October. The move follows customer feedback and demand for an online presence for the store.

Owner and managing director Deborah Holmes said: "We wanted to promote the best of Yorkshire alongside the national brands and fashions which we know our shoppers also want and the feedback in our first year has been fantastic and exceeded all our expectations.

"We are attracting shoppers from a much larger area that we anticipated and we really would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us in our first year."