Yesterday Shropshire Council announced that they were restarting car park charges for the 1st of June. Restarting car park charges too soon is crackers. Shops won’t be opening until the… Read More »Restarting Car Park Charges too soon
I issued a Press Release ahead of the Public Accounts Committee inquiry into local councils buying commercial property that starts on Monday. The Shropshire Star has used some of it… Read More »Public Accounts Committee Press Release
It is welcome news that a parliamentary watchdog is to examine Shropshire Council’s £52m shopping centre purchase. This is part of a wider look at local council involvement in purchasing… Read More »£52m shopping centre purchase inquiry
The farming community plays a big role in Shropshire’s economy. Today the president of the NFU has once again laid out how badly the farming community will be impacted by… Read More »Farming community facing tough times
Next pulls plug on Shrewsbury town centre and have decided not to renew their lease on their store in the Pride Hill shopping centre. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/business/2019/07/05/next-to-close-its-store-at-shrewsburys-pride-hill-shopping-centre/ As the owners of the… Read More »Next pulls plug on Shrewsbury town centre store
I am so livid that Shropshire Conservatives have wasted 20% or £11m of their investment of public money. Last year they ‘invested’ £51 million buying two shopping centres in Shrewsbury… Read More »Shopping Centre value drops by £11m
House of Fraser has announced that they are closing half of their stores, axing 6,000 jobs. Amongst the stores to close are the Flagship Oxford Street Store as well as… Read More »House of Fraser to close half of stores
At a time when services are being pared to the bone, our roads are beginning to look like the moon, retailers are under huge pressure and shopping habits are changing… Read More »Shropshire Council buys shopping centres for £51 million in Shrewsbury.
The word is that the Conservatives are now contemplating backsliding on their Business Rates review in the face of a growing backlash. Conservatives introduced the changes to help rebalance the… Read More »Business Rates changes are a farce
No sign of the economy turning round completely any time soon. I have been fortunate to have had a few shares during this recession. By and large these shares have… Read More »Tough times continue to roll
