The site of the former Bon Marche store in Falmouth’s Market Street is currently under offer, but town manager Richard Gates has warned against getting too excited over the prospect of a new business moving in.

“Just because a place is under offer, it doesn’t mean by any means that the legals will go through,” Mr Gates told a meeting of the Association of Falmouth Traders this week. “It was under offer before Christmas and it all fell through at the last minute.”