Recession List 2009!! - Page 9

cmonstanley · 28-06-2009, 10:03

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

garinda · 20-01-2010, 08:55

Sadly this is continuing in 2010 too.

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

jaysay · 20-01-2010, 10:45

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Originally Posted by garinda

Sadly this is continuing in 2010 too.

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

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

lancsdave · 18-03-2010, 21:59

And another one goes;

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Yesterday it was announced that nine staff at Accrington’s Ethel Austin store would lose their jobs as administrators said the shop would close within weeks.

Nowt to do with the council though;

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Hyndburn Council leader Peter Britcliffe said the closure showed how the recession had left Accrington ‘mauled’.
He said: “As I go through the Arndale Centre now I feel so sad. This news just adds to the economic disaster in Hyndburn. It is dreadful news for the staff and also for the town. We have been badly mauled by this recession.”

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

Taggy · 18-03-2010, 22:04

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

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

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

garinda · 19-03-2010, 00:53

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

And another one goes;

Nowt to do with the council though;

Hyndburn Council leader Peter Britcliffe said the closure showed how the recession had left Accrington ‘mauled’.
He said: “As I go through the Arndale Centre now I feel so sad. This news just adds to the economic disaster in Hyndburn. It is dreadful news for the staff and also for the town. We have been badly mauled by this recession.”

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

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

steeljack · 19-03-2010, 02:17

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

garinda · 19-03-2010, 09:15

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Originally Posted by steeljack

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

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.

Yolanda25 · 19-03-2010, 09:20

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

jaysay · 19-03-2010, 10:06

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Originally Posted by garinda

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

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

jaysay · 19-03-2010, 10:10

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Originally Posted by Yolanda25

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

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

Yolanda25 · 19-03-2010, 10:23

Sorry i just had to let some anger out!

garinda · 19-03-2010, 10:58

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Originally Posted by jaysay

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

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.

garinda · 19-03-2010, 11:03

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.

BERNADETTE · 19-03-2010, 12:24

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.