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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Working that extra day also costs money(staff, electricity, time etc)....money that doesn't seem to be finding its way to the traders....so it is an uneconomic proposal. Now if, let us say, the council were to slash the stall rents for the proposed length of time of the trial.....just so that the footfall could be measured, and the economic possibility could be more accurately determined....then perhaps, just perhaps the benefits(or not) could be proved and the stall holders would be more amenable.
Failing that, what is wrong with opening the market hall so that the cafes and the upstairs units can operate, along with any stall holders who feel they can afford to trade?
HBC needto keep the Market Hall stall holders on their side, otherwise the money that they have paid out in refurbishments will go down the pan.
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Margaret, you're talking sense again, cut it out please. This is the Britcliffe Administration.
Following my meeting with Marlene Haworth, I found out yesterday that my name is on a letter to the market traders which is so cleverly worded as to imply that both myself and Cllr Clare Pritchard AGREE with the six day trial period!!!
In actual fact, we're resigned to the fact that this little scheme is going to be rammed through with little regard to the practicalities or cost implications and are simply trying to make the best of a bad situation for the traders.
Rest assured, if I ever get anywhere near the driving seat the situation up there at the Market Hall will change drastically.