Posted by Miss UK
I don't know if this is happening all over the UK,
but the town where im working in alot of shops are closing down cos they cannot afford the rent.
Recentley about 5 shops have closed down and the next to go is Superdrug, bit of a shock really this whole recession thing is a killer
is the same where you live?
Posted by goldenface
Where are you MissUK?
Posted by procterdc
I work for Entwistle Green Estate Agents, but because we are a part of the Countrywide group, business is still good for us. But I have seen loads of local agents having to close down due to the recession in the market.
Posted by MWEB
I live near Morecambe, the whole place shut down, years ago
, i guess everywhere else is just heading the same way.
Posted by Miss UK
the town where im working in is Stourbridge,
first to go was McDonalds imagine how all the students feel now
but amongst all the shops ive noticed about 10 pub closures in my area and all the Estate agents are vanishing.
things are hard hit round here,
it's a expensive area so I guess that may also play a part in it
Posted by londonlad123
On 2008-09-17 17:07:05, Miss UK wrote:
the town where im working in is Stourbridge,
first to go was McDonalds imagine how all the students feel now
Much healthier I'd imagine!
Posted by pmerryman
There are lots of pubs closing down near me, but not noticed any shops really.
Posted by arien617
We're doing okay-ish down this end.
Not seen any "omg how?!" closures so far..
Posted by MWEB
On 2008-09-17 18:26:18, pmerryman wrote:
There are lots of pubs closing down near me, but not noticed any shops really.
Sod the shops, that's a disaster mate
Posted by The Lostprophet
and yu can now watch some of the halifax and BOS branchs to shut as lloyds are about the take them over....
Posted by pmerryman
On 2008-09-17 18:39:53, MWEB wrote:
On 2008-09-17 18:26:18, pmerryman wrote:
There are lots of pubs closing down near me, but not noticed any shops really.
Sod the shops, that's a disaster mate
I know. I'm gutted.
Posted by voda_jon
i live in liverpool city centre and the opposite is happening lol...
Phase one of The Liverpool One Shopping centre has opened a couple of months ago (about 75 new shops!) and the second phase is due to open in the nxt couple of months and that will include.....
2 hotels, a 10 screen cinema, a 5 acre park and another 100+ shops so on the up in liverpool.... for how long? i dont know! lol.
J.
Posted by Trev1982
back up in Grimsby where i lived loads of shops and bars have closed and nothing new in its place, Chicago rock cafe, Yates just to name a couple big names
Posted by Miss UK
are Lloyds TSB the number 1 bank in the Uk?
they have 2 branches opposite one another where I work I haven't a clue why tbh
Stourbridge is turning into a Charity shop town,
I wonder how long before 02 goes DaeDalus told me there sales weren't very good a while back and ive been in there about 9.20am in the morning and there yawning and vacuuming the floor how un-professional is that?
The Students ain't healthy lol
colleagues at work commented on young people being very overweight and saying how well I looked after myself lol
with all the pubs closing is it because of the smoking ban?
or is it again the cannot afford to keep up the rent
Posted by Nanu
The lateshop near ours closes every night at 10 pm
Posted by fatreg
Tescos near me never shuts.......
Posted by Miss UK
lol like there gonna go outta buisness
farmfoods used to be great for biccys but even there gone,
theres one supermarket left in Stourbridge and it's pants "Somerfield"
Posted by Daedalus85
Well since O2 got rid of our cleaners, we have to clean the shops ourselves, so at 9:20am, hoovering isn't out of the question
As for closing, na, we've got the biggest customer base of all the UK networks, we're not going anywhere anytime soon
There was a big Superdrug that closed down a year or so ago here (only to be replaced by H&M, GREAT, another flippin' clothes shop!!), but I discovered via a friend who worked at Three (who had a concession there) that someone at Superdrug's head office was sent a reminded for their lease, and they kept ignoring it and putting it to the bottom of the pile, and eventually the landlord was forced to evict them and they closed and emptied within 4 days, leaving all those staff out of a job
Posted by Miss UK
I think it's un-professional james cleaning should be done 30mins before you close well thats what we do, customers always try and get in at 5pm when the doors shut or they look at you funny cos your shut
even worse being a charity shop is that they bring donations in at the end of the day and we have to hide rom the door
but still I bet we get more custom then that Stourbridge 02 shop
I agree with you on "H&M"
I tell you sumat too don't visit Berlin they have a shop on every corner
Posted by themarques
Yeah in the shopping Mall were my business was, quite a few places closed down. My rent was just above the 20K mark and on the High St, but the other business that moved into the new complex are being charged 90K.
So Brantano shoes closed and a few others cant remember which. Its going to be a tough year for businesses 09.
Posted by leeboy13
this is why i am struggling to convince myself in coming back to the Uk, tempted to ride this out.......
i fidn it mind boggling that everyone knows the finacial status yet rents are still increasing... i mean do we want the country to turn into a total mess?!?!?
the mind boggles, you'd think as a country we'd try and pull together and get through this stably.....
Posted by fatreg
I wouldn't come back at all matey, I don't plan on coming back when I come out..... (not in Feb, but by the time I'm 30)
Posted by leeboy13
well if the misses can get a job i dont think i will be back lol.... im in talks at the moment for a local contract offer etc.... we'll see what the tight monkeys want to pay me
heeheee
so your out in jan/feb right? or not now?