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« Reply #1290 on: September 24, 2014, 05:25:33 pm »
Tommy's Hair Group to create 50 jobs with major expansion

A hairdressing group plans to become the first Welsh born franchise as it announces it will create 50 new jobs in the coming months.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/tommys-hair-group-create-50-7817941

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« Reply #1291 on: September 25, 2014, 10:12:03 am »
300 job Llandudno Junction 'Sainsbury's' supermarket plan backed by council

A £40M supermarket project that would create 300 jobs has been backed by Conwy council which says it could use compulsory purchase orders to make it happen.

Conygar Investment Company PLC (Conygar), plan a retail and leisure planning application on a 14 acre site in Llandudno Junction known as the Old Brickworks.

The proposal is for a food retail outlet of around 90,000 gross sq ft – with Sainbury’s the front runner – and potentially four fast food outlets.

Now Conwy council’s cabinet has agreed to enter into an ‘overriding’ lease with the developer.

Members have also asked officers to work up to a Compulsory Purchase Order in order to assemble the land to deliver the scheme, although said this was a ‘last resort’.

They also want nearby lands held by Legal and General to be appropriated for planning purposes so as to deliver vehicular access to the Brickworks site.

A Conygar spokesman said: “The Conygar Investment Company PLC have entered into a lease with Conwy County Borough Council over the Old Brickworks site, Llandudno Junction.

“The council owned site, along with adjoining lands has been identified as a key strategic site for development and Conygar are progressing with a planning application for a food retail outlet, petrol filling station and fast food outlets.

“Conwy’s Cabinet recently approved that the Council enter into an overriding lease with Conygar to progress the development, which underlines the commitment by both the public and private sector to bring the site forward after nearly a decade since its initial identification as a significant development opportunity in the County. Recent progress by the Council has already resulted in one of the existing tenants looking to vacate the site and relocate elsewhere to continue trading.

“Conygar will continue this dialogue and will look to work with the remaining tenants to progress the project, which is anticipated to deliver a significant number of employment opportunities to the local community.”

A spokesperson for the Council’s Estates and Asset Management team said: “We have real momentum moving forward; the recent mandate to get on with the project is positive.

“The Cabinet also resolved that officers work up to a Compulsory Purchase Order in order to assemble the land to deliver the scheme and whilst using a CPO is the last resort in any development, it is something that the Council used in Colwyn Bay to deliver on its regeneration objectives.”

Robert Ware, chief executive at Conygar, said: “We are pleased to be working with the council on this significant project and are totally committed to bring it to fruition. “We intend to submit a planning application early in the New Year following a process of consultation including the holding of a public exhibition.”

A planning application will go before the planning committee of Conwy council in 2015.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/40m-llandudno-junction-supermarket-plan-7829907


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« Reply #1292 on: September 25, 2014, 10:22:01 am »
It will give them some practice, for the pier Pavilion situation.   WWW WWW

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Re: Everything to do with Shops
« Reply #1293 on: September 25, 2014, 05:48:58 pm »
I need a new dress shirt for a forthcoming event so I decided to look for one this afternoon.  I was greeted at M&S with a rail of full Dinner Suits priced at an amazing £50 each. As they are the kind of thing most of us hardly ever need I didn't want to spend a fortune on the shirt so this bode well. Not so, the suit might be £50 but a shirt to go with it was £45 ! I went elsewhere!

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« Reply #1294 on: October 06, 2014, 02:03:50 pm »
An article on changing shopping habits

The death of the weekly supermarket shop

 New Sainsbury's boss Mike Coupe said the industry had "changed beyond all recognition", with "customers shopping very differently to the way they were shopping even a year ago".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29442383

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« Reply #1295 on: October 09, 2014, 08:37:04 am »
Number of UK High Street shops falls sharply
Town centres saw 964 net closures between January and September, two-and-a-half times the net reduction for the whole of 2013, according to the study by PwC and the Local Data Company.

Clothing shops were among the hardest hit while betting shops thrived
In total 365 traditional goods retailers, such as shoe and clothes shops, closed down in the first half of the year.

Conversely, the study which looked at 500 town centres, showed coffee shops, banks, pound shops, charity shops, convenience stores and American restaurants were among those opening the most outlets.
"We're heading for a High Street based around immediate consumption of food, goods and services or distress or convenience purchases," he added.
"Multiple retailers are continuing to close stores on High Streets in favour of retail parks and shopping centres.

"The bad news is that the significant decline in chain retailer numbers in town centres seen in 2012, which then slowed in 2013, has picked up again."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29546101


Similar link...http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-2785729/Ghost-town-Britain-Internet-shopping-boom-sees-16-high-street-stores-close-day.html




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« Reply #1296 on: October 10, 2014, 10:24:43 am »
Lidl and Aldi supermarket chains increase empires across North Wales
The German discounters now have 19 stores across the region with plans in pipeline for more

Shoppers forced to adjust their spending habits and seek ways to cut their food bills.
This has helped pave the way for the rise of German supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl.

In North Wales the firms now have 19 stores between them and plans in the pipeline to add to that number - further increasing their market share.

The major supermarket chains are attempting to react to the competition and over the last few days Morrisons announced they will price match their rivals, including Lidl and Aldi.

The discounters – Aldi, Lidl and the likes of Poundland – are expected to almost double their UK sales to £21.4bn within five years, according to industry body IGD.

This comes as market leader Tesco has seen its market share fall from 30% in May 2013 to 29% this May.

Some commentators believe the discounters’ share of the market could rise to as much as 20% – making them the equal of Asda and Sainsbury’s today.

Aldi’s sales rose 29.5% over the past year to achieve a 4.8% market share.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/lidl-aldi-increase-empires-across-7901495

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« Reply #1297 on: October 21, 2014, 10:31:17 am »
I did not think the big boys would sit still for to long.....

Morrisons...."We now price match to Aldi and Lidl.....as well as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda"

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« Reply #1298 on: October 26, 2014, 11:15:11 am »
Another DIG at the big supermarkets, a bit longwinded but....

"Two German discount chains, Aldi and Lidl, acted as the immediate nemesis of the fat, smug, greedy status quo of British food retail. They dealt a deadly blow to our familiar chains by exposing just how expensive they really are and continue to shave grocery market share off them. Before the discounters appeared, most British consumers swallowed the attractive proposition that UK supermarkets offer unbeatable value for money. In truth, they overcharge routinely, putting a minimum 30% mark-up on everything they sell, although the most egregious margins are systematically squeezed from sales of fruit and vegetables.

Our indigenous UK supermarket oligopoly got away with this because it talked in a labyrinthine “price-matching” language of loyalty cards, vouchers and points, guaranteed to tie even the most diligent price comparer in knots. When the German chains arrived in town with clear, unequivocal low prices, our native chains were exposed as grasping opportunists.

Once you know that Lidl can sell three pomegranates for £1.25, why on earth would you stump up £1 each elsewhere?

And when the penny drops that Aldi charges you 98p for a kilo of satsumas, a corrosive worm of suspicion lodges in the brain as to why Tesco wants you to pay £2.50 for the same thing."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/26/supermarkets-reign-is-over-hail-the-independents

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Re: Everything to do with Shops
« Reply #1299 on: October 26, 2014, 05:17:17 pm »
Whatever happened to Quicks?  ?{}? ?{}? ?{}?
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« Reply #1300 on: October 26, 2014, 08:14:16 pm »
Old Hoosons looks nice after a lick of paint and all that white covering has gone.

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« Reply #1301 on: October 27, 2014, 07:15:11 am »
Tesco at the Junction are increasing the price of a coffee (cappuccino) in the Cafe by 70 pence a cup as from Wednesday.  This is due to the present franchise moving to Costa Coffee.

The present cappuccino is quite good as some of us know.
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« Reply #1302 on: October 27, 2014, 04:55:07 pm »
people from the goldmine seen in old red cross shop

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« Reply #1303 on: October 27, 2014, 05:14:41 pm »
people from the goldmine seen in old red cross shop

There wasn't seven of them was there?  With a pretty blond haired young lady?

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« Reply #1304 on: October 27, 2014, 08:17:22 pm »
   Tesco,Asda, Sainsbury,Morrison ---- they are all the same.

   Think again. One particular facility provided by Tesco and Asda. But Tesco, every little helps, is. Not too sure of my mathematical percentage terms here, but I THINK its 1000 per cent dearer than in Asda.

    Air for your car tyre. Tesco £1-00. Asda 10 p.