THE saviour of TJ Hughes is behind the revival of another iconic Liverpool retailer – Lewis’s.

Anil Juneja, managing director of Speke-based wholesale and retail business the Benross Group, was revealed on Monday as the man behind the acquisition of the TJ’s name, the flagship London Road store and three other sites across the country which he says will form the springboard to build up the brand once more.

Last month, he also bought the name of former stores group Lewis’s from receivers, following the collapse, in May, 2010, of the famous Liverpool retailer which traced its history back to 1856.

Mr Juneja said Lewis’s will be reborn later this year in a Bury store opening, hopefully followed by a return to its spiritual home in a Liverpool store.

He said: “Lewis’s was a brand that was well loved throughout the North West and I want to open a new store concept. I have signed for a new store and hope to open that later this year in Bury, but I am looking at Liverpool as well.”

He also has big plans for the revival of TJ’s after purchasing four stores from administrator Ernst & Young.

Mr Juneja plans to build TJ’s on the high street and online, and said he was considering buying more of the remaining 52 TJ’s stores from the administrator.

He said: “I was born and bred in Liverpool, and TJ’s is part of my history and I want it to be part of the future. I want to bring TJ’s back to where it should be and might buy other stores.”

He added: “I have a passion for retail.

“I have put everything into this and I am putting a lot on the line personally.”