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Originally Posted by Cyfr
Sorry am I understanding this correctly? The reason our town has gone to pot is because the local council set tax too high on shops, therefore only the pound and charity shops have the economic might to stay open?
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It's supply and demand.
If you already have a plentiful stock of empty retail premises, as a council it isn't really wise to build a whole lot more, which this council has, with plans for even more behind Scaitcliffe House.
They are also responsible for setting the business rates tax.
It doesn't take the greatest economic brain in the land to work out that the council would get more income from occupied rather than empty shops, something we now have a plethora of.
It was only last year Britcliffe was boasting in the press of new businesses that had opened in the area. Well I can name three on his list that have since closed.
I remember you posted that you were also opposed to the council giving planning permission to open a town centre Tesco, partly I presume because you know what effect it would have on existing town centre traders, your father included.