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Originally Posted by cashman
First ask why are the shops empty? ask why many have stopped frequenting town as much as they used.? Its not rocket science.
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I think that is the crux of the matter.
We have a market that is more empty stalls than occupied ones.
We have an Arndale shopping centre that is almost the same...full of vacant shops...Broadway too is losing shops.
There really needs to be a concerted effort into getting the rents and the rates for the shops to a reasonable level...one where a trader stands a decent chance of making a living.The place is an embarrassment......and fake shops will cure that?
Even if they cost
nothing to fabricate, they do nothing to bring people into the town......it is just another lunatic scheme to paper over the cracks.