JaneJ
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Brilliant to see the tweet this morning that the young people have completed the night out- lets all get behind them and donate for this very worthy cause
A key item often overlooked is the level of customer care- hairdressers generally get repeat customers because they have time to chat and build up a relationship. Smaller businesses in particular can spend a little extra time dealing with a customer and make them feel ‘special’- the time will pay dividends with repeat custom (if the products are right)
This thread was about the Council Budget consultation — can someone please let me know where the report outlining what has changed as a result of this process..
Also speaking with colleagues in the Council they are awaiting with baited breath the findings of the PWC consultants- Price Waterhouse Cooper report that is going to be presented in January. Many of the Managers who are budget holders have not even seen what their final budget will be for April so what chance have the public got to find out.Slightly off the thread but Halfords Auto Centre closed couple of weeks back due to excessive rent and rates– it is Council property
It is correct that in the days of Clwyd there was also District Council but unless I am mistaken in the dates there was no Welsh Government and the old Clwyd operated at a time with limited technology which is an important issue in looking at how any new stricture could operate across a larger geographical area..
Wrexham Council was formed in 1996 and Welsh Government in 1998.. so the levels of tiers is now the same as Clwyd days.
Lliam you have missed a point regarding voluntary mergers — all Local Authorities were given to the end of November to put forward proposals which could have financial rewards – of which only three pairs of counties submitted. At no time have the WG ever said that all the other counties that did not have a voluntary plan would not be brought together as proposed in the Williams Commission recommendations or other footprint arrangements.Although many business do significant levels of trade in the few weeks around Christmas a business that operates for 52 weeks of the year needs all year round footfall even if it is only to raise the profile for those odd occasions when someone wants to make a purchase.
The other factor for any business is that they want repeat business — anyone can get someone through the door with an absolutely silly offer but the survival is based on regular shopping.
Good luck to all the independents in Wrexham in 2015- shoppers remember they need your regular customLooks like Leighton Andrews the Minister responsibile for county reorganization read the riot act in his meeting with Council Members and Officers on Friday with the threat of Flintshire being the lead if Wrexham Council does not start talking. Lets hope that enough members of the public can be motivated to start getting their local Councilors to openly debate the issues rather than keeping it all behind closed door. Were is the transparency in Local Government. Not so long ago the Council launched the Wrexham together scheme yet who are they joining with as they are not taking to the public.
Bring on the challenges to public and trust them to have views about their future.Council figures for the cost of having the Coca Cola lorry are attached — it is astonishing that there was no charge for Queens Square as any other user are normally charged– https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/coca_cola?nocache=incoming-595044#incoming-595044
So much for the Council being shirt of cash when they could have put a charge against a multi million pound company that could have then gone to cover the costs of some of the other Christmas activities.
