JaneJ
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Get the people who run Bryn-y-grog or Chirk car boot sales to run the markets they don’t seem to have any problem in attracting traders as well as car booters – the success is based on the numbers , perhaps an entrepreneur should take over Queens Square and expand it to be a car boot sale – improved footfall will increase the number of traders
There is one basic reason the traders are not coming to Wrexham – the footfall in the town is far too small to make it worthwhile to pitch up in all weathers- no customers equal no income.
This is not an issue for market traders only it is a whole City Centre issue. Also, as Wrexham tries to move into a city image can anyone share the name of a city that has a pop-up Wrexham style market. Most cities have fixed market halls.Invinsible – clearly there does not appear to be any independent advice from the legal officer who had a view that was meeting the narrative of the Leader – the role is supposed to remain professionally impartial – did not appear that way last night.
So Betsi is back in Special Measures and Independent Members have ‘resigned’, did a resignation actually occur or was this a term to be interpreted as you have been sacked.
The recent Audit Wales report was clearly damning but it actually praised the Independent Members for being a cohesive group and that it was the Executive that were the problem.The Independent Members it appears had commissioned a number of specialists to exam various parts of the services as they were not satisfied with reports and information provided by the Executives – this appears to be a total lack of trust by all concerned.
It also shows that the Minister has not had a grip on the situation for sometime and lots of false information flying around – she is trying to deflect the opposition criticism by appointing a senior Plaid Cymru Councilor from North Wales to take on the role.
Katy not sure if you are aware but the population growth as a % in Wales has dropped over a 10 year period.
The population of Wales has grown by 44,000 (1.4%) since the last census in 2011, when it was 3,063,456.
The rate of population growth in Wales between 2011 and 2021 (1.4%) was lower than the rate between 2001 and 2011, when the population grew by 5.5%.The hard fact of this is that in the next 10 years the age profile in Wales will show that over 21.3% of population in 2021 were over the age of 65 up from 18.4%. – this figure jumps to over 25% in 5 years and over 30% in 15 years.
We cannot afford to have a reduction in population when we have a rapidly ageing population – there will be less tax being collected and a much high demand on Health and Social Care.
Ageing population will demand more transport so the solution is creation of access to greener vehicles or a massive investment in bus services – the later wil however never meet everyone’s needs so overall no easy answer but dont ask for lower population.
It was inevitable that M & S would close their Eagles Meadow store with the downturn in trade – they have had from year one the luxury of being the ‘anchor tenant’ alongside Debenhams which gave them a very reduced rent. This is standard practice for these types of developments as they hope high value brand names will the attract smaller stores to rent in the complex. Their lease renewal was probably going to be far closer to full price hence the move.
Ultimately withy the closure of M & S and other shops in Wrexham and elsewhere the reason lies with the population changing their shopping habits and making traditional face to face stores to expensive to operate. More customers generate more sales generating more profits it is basic retail economics.
I presume the silence from our Plaid supporters on these threads means they agree there is nothing new in the announcement.
I await your challenge back!!
The assessment process also shows that dangling the names of two Hollywood stars does not cloud the judgement in Westminster the same as it has been with some Wrexham Council Members and Officers who think adding the name Ryan Reynolds in any bid will open doors to funding!
In fairness those people who have criticised Sarah Atherton are probably justified after she had the phot opportunity with Rees Mogg and co implying the bid had their support..
Why does the kop project not have an onsite phosphate filtration system – incorporated into a large expensive project which will have earning capacity from ticket sales would be recouped in a short period of time.
This can be expensive on a single house development but on large housing projects with shared costs over the time span of a mortgage however could be cost effective.
Local phosphate schemes are working on other parts of UK. world so why not Wrexham?
