tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post5129017110231523849..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Very Big Day for Welshpool.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-30106416542269296402008-01-23T18:46:00.000+01:002008-01-23T18:46:00.000+01:00the finch - as a matter of fact I do have some exp...the finch - as a matter of fact I do have some experience - and I know how worrying it is when some competition arrives on the doorstep. There will inevitably be some retailers who can only see the downside. I just think this redevelopment will greatly increase the overall retail spend in Welshpool and reduce the current leakage to Shropshire. And anyway, there was not much choice. UIt would have been a real disaster if Welshpool (Montgomeryshire) had lost its only livestock market - which it would have done at some stage in the not too distant future. And the only way of raising the funding to build a new livestock market is through a supermarket development. It was just a question of whether a satisfactory overall package was achievable - and it looks quite good to me. The main question that remain for me is what sort of retailing will be allowed from the other units - and whether specific protection can be built in for some of the current town centre traders. I just think that you are being too pessimistic.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-76656867117245221322008-01-23T12:54:00.000+01:002008-01-23T12:54:00.000+01:00I can see you have no experienceof the retail worl...I can see you have no experience<BR/>of the retail world.<BR/>It will spell the demise of many a small business I am afraid.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079373478544427077noreply@blogger.com