WORK on the Chicago Rock Caf in Trowbridge is progressing well.

The builders moved in eight weeks ago and the project looks set to meet its completion date in mid-February.

Steve Dennis, director of Luminar Leisure, the company behind the project, said:

"The building work is progressing well. We are really pleased with how it is going."

The £1.8 million project will convert a former dance hall behind Silver Street into a caf, bar and restaurant.

The Grade II listed building has, in recent years, been used by retailer Mackays as a storage facility.

Luminar Leisure is the biggest operator of entertainment venues in the country, with 250 premises nationwide, 71 of which are Chicago Rock Cafs.

The company plans to build a further 10 next year.