Congratulations to all involved in the 'Town Team' and thank you for the hard work that went into the Portas Bid.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the money will be used for.
Perhaps they could spend some on refurbishing the seats .
No, we can do that for nothing, the money must be spent in a way to support the local businesses to thrive. This could be very dull but practical such as a mass appeal to the valuation agency to get rates down. Shame landlords to be less greedy, some rents in Marple are outrageous. BUSINESSES NEED OVERHEADS DOWN and footfall up.
Footfall will be up when the new supermarkets come . So why have the seats not been done I've been banging on about this for twelve months the seats have not had anything done to them since they were installed years ago .perhaps local businesses need to start supporting local people prices for one not closing on Wednesdays
For another they need competition . Not grants
Amazon, I've offered to the business forum a morning of my time to help sort out the seats, whilst you've been banging on for a year, have you done the same?
The prices local businesses charge seem reasonable to me, what local traders need is local people shopping, not local people perpetuating the myth that the traders are overcharging.
I agree with opening Wednesday, that's of course down to the shop, if they can't get enough trade to pay staff on a Wednesday, they will be shut.