had 292 shops and
37,500 square metres (404,000 sq ft) of floorspace, and there was 0.4
square kilometres (100 acres) of industrial estate in the area. The shopping
catchment area, which extends for approximately 3 miles towards the north and
seven miles east and west, has a population of 71,700 (mid-2001). Weymouth,
Portland and Chickerell have been a Fairtrade Zone since 2007. Fashion company
New Look has its global headquarters in Weymouth, and until 2005 the company's
regional distribution centre was based at the same site. Plans were approved in
2007 to develop the New Look site to include new headquarters, retail
warehouses and industrial units, a hotel, fire station, and a medical centre
with ambulance station
