Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I was happily living in Tory Wandsworth the last time Hyndburn had a Labour run council.

Though I do recall hearing a lot of grumbling about that council's performance.

My comments aren't aimed at any one political party, but the caliber of people who become councillors, and not just here in Hyndburn.

I stand by my comment that you do find people with very little economic or business experience, suddenly in charge of very large budgets, and making very important and long ranging decisions about an area's future.

The people who carry out the policies of any council, the finance department, planning etc., are expected to have the relevant qualifications and experience to do those jobs.

It just seems odd that the people actually pulling the strings might not have the ability to run a church Tombola, that I gave earlier as an example.

This is an observation that I've come to after having lived in four differing boroughs, irrespective of which party was in power.

Re: Shops closing in Accy
 

thats not the local that was bought by some asians and they took on some polish people never went in .i think its the one up near the oaklea thats the only local that ive seen..

Re: Shops closing in Accy
 

That one was open Tuesday night cos I went in it :D

Got a damn noisy parrot as well.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

The `Local` IS the one just accross from the Oaklea, between the Newsagents & the Florists, it was shut when i went past today..........

Re: Shops closing in Accy
 

The last quote i referred to when i asked if it was the one nr urban retreat as they said nr the railway bridge so was asking them to confirm if the meant to one nr urban retreat, coz i was just checking so i could let them know it wasnt that one as it was still open (drive past it twice a day) lol

If that makes any sense............:o

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

The Garage on Blackburn road has now closed all the pumps have been removed

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I am sure Garinda is very capable of running a tombola stall.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

The mechanic who rented the workshop at the back, phoned me a few days ago to tell me that he has now moved to new premises at the top of St Ives Rd Intack

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Yes dear..............................:rolleyes:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

The closure of the garage on Blackburn Road is because it is due to be demolished as it is part of the Phoenix 2 regeneration area.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

JJB have called in administrators for their fashion stores, Qube and Original Shoe Company, although the sports outlets are still afloat. (just)

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Time for an update. Diamonds and Pearls now in administration so shop closed.

The furniture/homeware/bits of allsorts shop in the Chruch st arcade also has closing down signs in the window. Difficult to know how many of those shops are actually one business in there but I would guess it's about 75% of the occupancy ?

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Is that what used to be bootleggers?

The ex catalogue shop seems to use a lot of the units in there, its been a while since i went through though

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

The one closing down in the Arcade is just that unit...I think.

It's the shop opposite, selling catalogue seconds, which uses all the other shops in the Arcade as storage.

It used to be really busy when it sold bits 'n' bobs, but you never see anyone in much now, since they've concentrated on sofas etc.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Looks like Fraser eagle have defo gone into administration :(
120 jobs go at Fraser Eagle as firm placed in administration (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

is that the family business which had 3 shops at one time .i think it was bootleggers ...:confused:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I was told today that Buy-the-House has closed it's sales offices on Little Blackburn Road, in Accrington.

Bye bye the house, despite as rather odd article in this weekend's Observer, trying to assure us the local housing market is in recovery.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Perhaps its where the Observer is now, where the recovery is?:D:rolleyes:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

good ,have no sympathy for them they ruined my life in accy..******* ..

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Take it they don't have a branch in Gods own Country then CS:rolleyes:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

nope in the part where i live we dont have slum landlords:)

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Sadly this is continuing in 2010 too.

Accrington in shock at Clarkes closure (From This Is Lancashire)

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I knew about this quite a while ago as my Daughter is very friendly with the chap that owned it, quite sad really the lose of a well established firm

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

And another one goes;

Nowt to do with the council though;

It's a shame when an A1 rated council have made Accrington such a great town centre that it all goes tits up :rolleyes:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

No doubt they will all be able to reflect on this whilst enjoying their reduced price leisure facilities....must admit ive never noticed PB on a treadmill at the Sports Centre though!


Best Regards - Taggy

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

It'll be an even sadder walk through the town for him, when there's only one very big store left.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

seem to remember reading somewhere in the last couple of days that Walmart , the parent company of ASDA used to use the slogan "If we don't have it, You dont need it" so much for the future of downtown business districts :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I fear the future may very well resemble the past.

A past when industrialists built a factory, and all housing for it's workers...and one shop, which charged what it liked, because there was no competition.

Work was done, wages paid, then went straight back to the factory owner, via the till of the lone shop.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I can assure you that Ethel Austin closin has nothin to do with anyone apart from the heartless B**** that bought the company in 2008

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Go on Blackburn Web and they criticize their town centre too, its not just Accrington. There are lots of reasons why Town centres in general are not as popular as years gone by, out of town shopping malls, and it's not forget the good old Internet, I buy nearly everything on the Net these days, I only use ASDA for food shopping that's all everything else is on the net

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Unfortunately Yolanda that's not the B Randi and friends want to blame:rolleyes:

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Sorry i just had to let some anger out!

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I'm not opposed to out of town hyper-markets, just when they're sited within spitting distance of small businesses, who can't compete on price, because of the size, and therefore buying power, of the new superstores.

Especially when the new store seems to have eased it's planning application with a million pound 'contribution' to the council, to be used on filling towers with flowers.

Pretty in the short-term, but ultimately showing very poor long-term vision.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

I chat to the traders in the Market Hall, whilst doing my regular shopping, and they genuinely see their long-term future as being very bleak.

The recession is difficult enough for them, but they see the fact that they can't compete with town centre megastores on price, as the death knell for their businesses.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

It is not just Accrington that is suffering, we were in Leeds christmas shopping and their market isn't a patch on what it used to be. Unfortunately a lot of people want to buy all their shopping under one roof. Can't blame the council for that and as I pointed out in another thread the owners of the Arndale might get more tenants if they reduced the rents.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

Regardless of previous ownership if administrators feel some stores are viable and some aren't then it's down to cost & revenue. If the 2 don't add up then somethings not right. The revenue is determined by footfall.

Re: Recession List 2009!!
 

yeah but the owner elaine mcpherson should of looked after the stores she already had instead of opening new ones. maybe and i mean MAYBE! we could of been ok