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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
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.
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Spot on, i have visited many towns, all have closed shops, Accrington in my opinion has many more than anywhere else we have visited. Which i find disgraceful,when it used to be a vibrant little town,
