howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I was told that B & M were taking over the M & S unit and keeping the one at "Whitefield" going.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,741
Panache,the clothes shop in the High st is advertising the shop to rent and the veg shop opposite the town hall hasnt been open for at least a week now.In London rd "Gerrys party shop is advertising the business for sale.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Tried the new shop this morning and was surprised how far it went back, I would guess that the floor space is about twice the size of our current Poundland.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Courtesy of the Sunday Times.
A prominent commercial landlord has voiced frustration at the wave of retailers seeking to cut their rent bills via restructurings. Lord Oakeshott, chairman of the property manager Olim, spoke out as the fashion chain New Look prepared to launch a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) with help from the accountancy firm Deloitte. Such restructurings allow retailers to leave loss-making stores and negotiate rent reductions.
“CVAs completely undermine the rules for trading with other retailers who play it straight and pay their rents,” Oakeshott said. There have been fears about the impact of CVAs on the property market, but Rhodri Davies of the agency CBRE said prime locations continued to be “resilient”.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,806
It all depends on whether the landlords are happy owning property that retailers can no longer afford because of the high rents, surely a lower rent is better than no money at all being received into their greedy little hands.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Noticed this morning that Vision Express has closed its Biggin Street branch and moved in with Tesco at Whitfield. Hopefully someone will take over the M & S store when it closes in a few weeks otherwise it will be a semi-desert along there.
Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
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Howard, didn't someone say B&Ms were going in there (old M&S)? I hope someone does, it really will make the town empty.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Wilko have no interest in coming to Dover or they would have opened a store in St James. Years ago I asked them if they would be opening in the old Sainsbury shop near Charlton Centre and was told no I could use the Folkestone or Canterbury stores.
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Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
- Posts: 149
Oh, there we are then! Thanks Amberleaf.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,941
If local politicians really wanted to improve the town centre they could do worse than reading this report.
The approach of nearly all of these commentators assumes that High Streets are
the raison d’être for city centres. Yet our research shows that sluggish retail is the
symptom of an underperforming city centre, not the cause of it. If a city centre lacks
jobs, residents and/or leisure amenities - the primary functions of city centres -
then this will shrink the size of the market that a secondary activity such as retail
can serve. This may well sound obvious. But the economics behind the struggles of
some High Streets has been largely overlooked by those that are looking to arrest
their decline.
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
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Certainly makes sense Bob
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
Vision Express have taken over all the Tescos Optician stores. I wonder how many other town centre branches have closed?
Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
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Lewis Jones wrote:Oh, there we are then! Thanks Amberleaf.
Sorry, Jan. I meant thanks Jan!!
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,232
Lewis Jones wrote:Sorry, Jan. I meant thanks Jan!!
It'll need more than a sorry Lewis, must be flowers at least
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Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Maybe Amberleaf and Jan are the same person? You never see them together after all.
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Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
- Posts: 149
Ha, ha, maybe it should be Janberleaf!
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Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,696
Thanks Bob, so that will be why the Leisure Centre was moved to Whitfield then...
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Andy B- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,741
Still no sign of life at the veg shop opposite the town hall,the stock in the window is starting to decompose.
Guest 2418- Registered: 14 Dec 2017
- Posts: 37
Ross Miller wrote:Thanks Bob, so that will be why the Leisure Centre was moved to Whitfield then...
It should never have been moved from the town. LIDL has already become a no go zone at night due to all the undesirable activity from HGV drivers and migrants so I can't imagine people wanting to go to the leisure centre after dusk.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,941
Grateful if someone could identify suitable 2.1 hectare site with accessibility for DISTRICT Leisure Centre for future reference so DDC don't make the same mistake again.
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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