JaneJ
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When/if the details on this case come out any of the businesses other customer should think very hard about having anything to do with the business in the future. That will hit them harder in the pocket than any fine that may be imposed. A flouting of regulations that are in place to save lives is nothing short of a disgrace – the business and those who where in the premises.
All of this at a time when the case rates have started to drop – something ALL of us are welcoming so that we can ALL start looking forward to going out to shops.
The problem is not just between Wales and England as there all sort of none matching IT in the NHS — nit all GP records in Wrexham link to BCU and lots of BCU systems don’t march with South Wales.
Historically though £100 millions have been spent on NHS IT systems across the UK and still not right.
Easier to give all patients a USB pen drive with their medical records!One of the key issues is the Council seem to be trying to reimage the town to an image it used to be and is not being visionary and taking into account the retail sector will nit return to the Market Town days so why pretend. There is waste amounts of data available about current and future market trends not least of all is the there will be commercial disinvestment on a mammoth scale in the next 5 – 10 year. The past 9 months has accelerated change in the retail sector far quicker than anyone could have anticipated and we are now seeing online sales that only 12 months ago were projected to occur from 2025 onwards.
The Council needs to be holding a dialogue not only with those that may want to invest (currently appears to be only Welsh Government) but also the commercial sector that are looking to disinvest to try and convince them to put their actions on hold. Most of these investors have no affinity with Wrexham and any of their properties are just an asset within their accounts.Alun- good academic response but you have missed out cause and reason regarding people’s behaviours based around the instinct of choice. With so many options (after Covid allows for free travel) for people to have freedom and the choice of a 10 – 15-minute drive into Wrexham vs a 20 -30-minute drive that gives a perceived experience of going somewhere and not just staying local makes a difference.
With people traveling between 30 -60 minutes to work a 30 min journey to shops is no different.
Shopping is split into three — essential, non-essential and urgent.
Essential but not emergency could be dealt with a by a supermarket delivery or a travel to shop purchase within an acceptable distance.Urgent – something from a chemist or DIY project – items needed ‘now’ will be local.
Non-essential- items that can be bought online or can wait till the next time you go to work- items where the biggest choice of places to purchase.
Part of the essence of branding and marketing is who is the target audience – all the points above affect local people by giving choice.
Perhaps the concentration needs to be on what is Wrexham offering to people outside of the Wrexham area so that it targets the sale of nonessential items that people will but if they have a retail experience and an offer that is unique.
Wrexham retail unfortunately does not have a unique offer except Techniquest/Explore what else do we have that is not found in nearly every other town or city in radius of 20 miles.
The conversion of many upper retail space into ‘apartments’ that are the size of a glorified walk-in wardrobe is a clear indication that the twin centre will become filled with people on Housing Benefit with very limited disposable income so nit even a demand for a café culture.Yes, it might be good to have new owners of the Football Club and the hype that has brought but unless the team performs and rapidly moves up the league the newfound Hollywood fame will be short lived PR exercise. The levels of funding being talked about would not even buy half a decent team of players. We have many people tagging onto the ego trip that they think will bring Hollywood celebrities flocking to Wrexham- where will they stay Premier Inn or the Wynnstay!!
Older people can get their free bus pass and go for a day trip out of Wrexham – never see many coming for a day trip to Wrexham from outside the area.
We have a University wanting to sell off assets the community have regarded as their amenities and also concentrating only on trying to make their buildings better at a time of listing good lecturers and developing online degree curses.
There is no easy answer but pumping ratepayer’s money down the proverbial town centre drain is not the way any citizen in Wrexham should allow to happen at a time when Education, Social care are in such a desperate state.
Wonder if Chapter Court will come off now – current economic climate is not a time to invest in town centres with so much uncertainty. Looking at recent conversion from shops to accommodation look like they are going to be low quality bed sits with people on housing benefit- not really a clientele that would be going to a cafe culture the space like Chapter Court would provide.
There are so many empty shops in Wrexham now making the town more spread out than ever that will never be filled with retail again unless Governments started to impose massive tax on products sold online – something no Government would contemplate.
There is more likelihood that local shops in communities will be strengthened as people go back to Buy Local.
The plans announced by the Council about branding appears astonishingly naïve with personal ego’s being massaged. A few retailers I have spoken to in the town had not had any involvement and no one from the Council has been in touch about any proposals.
The Council and others who talk about Wrexham being a market town need to wake up to the fact we have not been a true market town for over 30 years – the Queens Square Monday ‘gathering of outdoor stalls’ certainly dose not create a brand ‘Market Town’
Some of these comments about Politicians from both Westminster and Senedd are bewildering when neither Government is actually in charge of the manufacturing. Why cant people accept that there is so much commercial activity going on in the background – we all know that the demand far exceeds the supply as there is just not enough production capacity around the world. You cant send appointments to people for a jab that might not be available.
Matt fully agree it was fully tested with a specific specification then being issued from the manufacture so any variation of time spans needs a full statement from them stating it is or is not tested to have a longer period of time before the second jab..
Zinger with all the GPs raring to go it does not seem that there is a shortage of delivery points the issue is clearly the distribution between manufacture and front line vaccine centres- unravelling the blockage whether political or supply are the key issues at present. Lets hope this is sorted for next week.
Wales gets it % based on total population numbers not on age profile. In Wales we have a higher number of 70 -80 year old by % therefore it will take longer in Wales to do the same age groups as in England. If Westminster allocated on age profile Wales would have more vaccines to distribute
